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why Tasmania's new gender identity laws are warranted

  • Written by Brendan Gogarty, Director (Acting) Tas Law Reform Institue, Director of Clinical Legal Practice, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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In late 2019, Tasmania became the first state to allow its citizens (especially transgender/agender people) to obtain a birth certificate that accurately reflects their gender identity. Given the novelty of the law, the state’s peak law reform body was directed to consider the impact of the reforms on Tasmania’s...

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