Passaporti transessuali
Da giovedì scorso gli australiani hanno una terza opzione per l'indicazione del sesso sui passaporti, oltre a "F" ed "M" la "X" per le persone intersessuali, o di sesso indeterminato. I transessuali dovranno continuare a scegliere "F" o "M" ma non sarà più un requisito operarsi per la modifica anatomica, così come avviene già per i passaporti britannici e le patenti di guida negli stati americani di Nuovo Messico, Washington, California e Massachusetts, ma non ancora in Canada.


Australians have third option for gender on passports. The arrival of a new gender category beyond male and female on Australian passports has revealed an emerging battleground in gender rights: the indeterminate or X category. Under guidelines released Thursday, Australian passports will now give citizens three gender options – male, female and indeterminate – in an effort to curb discrimination against transgender and intersex Australians as they travel. Intersex individuals, those who do not identify as completely male or female biologically, can now legally list their gender as “X.” Transgender people, those whose biological gender doesn’t fit the way they see themselves, will not be allowed to tick “X,” but will be able to choose whether they are male or female, as long as they have a doctor's statement that they are transitioning. Advocates say the law reform is significant: While Canada and the United States permit gender changes on passports, the Australian ruling is the first to go beyond M and F categories. In Australia, surgery is no longer a prerequisite for getting a passport with a new gender, according to that country's passport office: “A letter from a medical practitioner certifying that the person has had, or is receiving, appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition to a new gender, or that they are intersex and do not identify with the sex assigned to them at birth, is acceptable”. This is also the case in the United States, which abandoned the surgery requirement for transgender people’s passports last year. A number of states including New Mexico, Washington, California and Massachusetts have also done away with surgery as a necessity for gender changes to a driver’s licence. Nor is surgery a prerequisite for gender changed on a passport in Britain... Globe and Mail