Breaking News: Trans and gender-diverse Queenslanders can now change birth certificate without sexual reassignment surgery

Amanda Cohn

NSW Greens MP

15 June 2023

In a historic win, QLD passed laws yesterday that will allow trans and gender-diverse Queenslanders to change the gender on their birth certificates without having to undergo surgery. This is a life-changing development that will modernise birth certificates in QLD. Now, it's time for NSW to be next.

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Amanda Cohn

NSW Greens MP

15 June 2023

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