Children aged 12 to 16 can change their sex on their birth certificate without parental consent.
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Children as young as 12 will be able to change their sex on their birth certificate without their parents’ consent under new laws passed in Queensland on Wednesday.
The laws passed on Wednesday make it easier for people to have their gender documented without undergoing sexual reassignment surgery.
A change of name will also be able to be made at the same time as an alteration of sex.
The laws have two pathways to alter the record of sex for a child under 16 – through the Children’s Court, or with an application to the register by a parent or guardian when particular criteria are met.
It means there is now a pathway for children aged 12 to 16 to change their sex on their birth certificate without their parents’ permission.
However to do so, the child must first be assessed by a developmentally informed practitioner.
The new laws also allow for a child to have two registered fathers or mothers on their birth certificate. As it stands, only one person can be registered as a child’s mother or father.
The bill replaces the existing Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act and allows greater freedom over chosen gender descriptors, including non-binary recognition.
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