AUSTRALIA: Getting a passport made easier for sex and gender diverse people

[darkangeljas.livejournal.com]

AUSTRALIA: Getting a passport made easier for sex and gender diverse people

http://foreignminister.gov.au/

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Attorney-General Robert McClelland today announced
new guidelines to make it easier for sex and gender diverse people to get a passport in their
preferred gender.

Under the guidelines, sex reassignment surgery will no longer be a prerequisite to issue a
passport in a person’s preferred gender.

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Update: The Revised Policy on the Australian Passport Site

The Most Transphobic Thing That Has Ever Happened to You

[elosoconqueso.livejournal.com]

There's a current article in The Atlantic where black scholars, leaders, academics, and others discuss the most racist thing that ever happened to them. These events are presented as game-changers, moments that color someone's perception of themselves, other people, their past, and their future.

( Cut for my response. )

What's the most transphobic thing that's ever happened to you?

(cross-posted to ftm)

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