Australian passports will now have three gender options — male, female and indeterminate — under new guidelines to remove discrimination against transgender and intersex people, the government said Thursday.
“‘X’ is really quite important because there are people who are indeed genetically ambiguous and were probably arbitrarily assigned as one sex or the other at birth,” Pratt said. “It’s a really important recognition of people’s human rights that if they choose to have their sex as ‘indeterminate,’ that they can.”
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said the new guidelines removed discrimination on the grounds of gender identity and sexual orientation.
re: 'X' now a gender option in Australian Passport
I take offense to the X. There should be a less offensive way to put it down. So whats your gender? X. Just doesn't sound right. And its not a concern as it is part of the Liberal Australian life style and part of the culture. So I wish them the very best.
Re: 'X' now a gender option in Australian Passport
I take offense to the X. There should be a less offensive way to put it down. So whats your gender? X. Just doesn't sound right. And its not a concern as it is part of the Liberal Australian life style and part of the culture. So I wish them the very best.