New Zealand : New Zealand progressed with its plans to make it easier to change a person’s sex on their birth certificate on Wednesday as legislation moved through parliament with support from all political parties.
The self-identification bill was introduced to ensure New Zealand has the best process for transgender, non-binary and intersex people to formally acknowledge their gender, the government said in a statement, after the bill had its second reading in parliament on Wednesday.
“There has been strong, ongoing public interest in this Bill and I am excited to see it moving towards becoming law. I look forward to hearing from everyone interested in the proposals,” Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti said in a statement.
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