Trans activists outraged over Hong Kong's new policies for changing gender on IDs
The policies were supposed to make the path easier, but they remain strict and discriminatory.
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The policies were supposed to make the path easier, but they remain strict and discriminatory.
The new criteria for changing the gender on ID cards is a step forward for the transgender community, but the government should be open to feedback on whether the requirements are too strict.
HONG KONG - Hong Kong will allow transgender people who have not completed full sex reassignment surgery to change gender on their ID cards, the government said on Wednesday (April 3) but activists are upset by strict new surgical and hormonal requirements. The Court of Final Appeal last February unanimously sided with appeals launched by transgender activists that barring transgender...
Hong Kong will allow transgender people who have not completed full sex reassignment surgery to change gender on their ID cards, the government said on Wednesday, but activists are upset by strict...