People undergoing sexual reassignment surgery will no longer be required to change gender markers on birth certificates under legislation introduced to the Queensland parliament.
Same-sex couples will also be able to register as mother/mother or father/father in Queensland for the first time.Conversations with people affected by existing laws revealed a common desire for legal documents to accurately represent identity, Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said.
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