Tasmania becomes the 1st territory in Australia to approve birth certificates having a no gender option.
The new law will allow kids who are older than 16-years-old to change the gender on their birth certificate without needing a consent from their parents.
The new law also means that transgenders will not require to undergo a sex change to change their gender on their birth certificate.
The bill has been pushed since last year by The Greens and Labor but was repeatedly stopped by the government of the state.
Premier Will Hodgman said that the new law will require a big change to the legal landscape of Tasmania.
He said, “This legislation has ignored the views of Tasmanians and eminent legal stakeholders who have raised concerns and pointed out that there has been no opportunity to undertake a full review of what is being proposed and how it impacts on other statutes.”
He added, “It is highly likely the parliament will need to fix up problems with the legislation.”
This means that when a baby is born, the registrar will list the baby as a male or female, but, the parents of the child have the option to remove that detail and opt for no gender.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has criticized the labor over the gender law reforms.
On a tweet, he said, “A Liberal national government will never remove gender from birth certificates, licenses, and passports – who are Labor kidding? Get real. This is the problem with Labor, obsessed with nonsense like removing gender from birth certificates rather than lower electricity prices, reducing tax for hard-working families and small businesses.”
The state is also doing its best to protect the transgender people. A bill was recently put forward by the Labour and Greens that could make it illegal for the people not to refer to people by their preferred pronoun.
The Tasmanian parliament will still rule on the bill.