15/09/2011 11:41
Three genders on new Australian passports
Australians have been given a third choice when describing their gender on passport applications, under new guidelines aimed at removing discrimination, according to BBC.
Transgender people and those of ambiguous sex will be able to list their gender as indeterminate, which will be shown on passports as an X.
An Australian senator, Louise Pratt - whose partner was born female and is now identified as a man - said the reform was a huge step forward.
"There have been very many cases of people being detained at airports by immigration in foreign countries simply because their passports don't reflect what they look like," she told Australian radio.
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