The passing of the Equality Bill allows transgender people to change their birth certificates without having to underdo surgery, and falls in line with other state and territories.
It will allow transgender people to change their birth certificates without having to undergo surgery.The government says NSW has taken a "big step forward" after a bill allowing transgender people to change their birth certificates without having to undergo surgery passed the parliament.
"The passing of this bill today makes New South Wales a safer and more inclusive place for more people," she said.She was not in the chamber for the final vote. Penny Sharpe said the bill had made the state "a safer and more inclusive place for more people".Her Liberal colleague Susan Carter spoke against the bill, arguing that if people could easily change their birth certificates, women-only spaces would lose their significance.
Another Liberal MP, Felicity Wilson, crossed the floor to support the bill in the lower house on Wednesday night. The opposition argued the change would encourage commercial surrogacy, which is illegal in NSW, and facilitate human trafficking.
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