Perhaps we will hve to note… “Born with Penis” or “Born with Vagina”… or in rare cases born with both.

Oh honestly! This is just crazy.

Just silly !

My gosh things are really getting out of hand now.

I believe it should be compulsory for the sex of the baby to be recorded on the birth certificate.
At a late date down the family tree sometimes genetic problems need to be traced to work out appropriate treatment.

Surely not. Shouldn’t it be that they can opt out rather than opt in.

Great idea, let’s change how everything is done to suit a small minority. *rolls eyes*

Sounds a bit silly. Why confuse the lives of the many because of a confused few.

Utterly ridiculous! We should not have to opt-in’ to put a gender on a birth certificate because of a small minority. I’m sorry but nature decides whether we are male or female and that is that. You don’t see any gender confused animals out there, why should humans be any different! Maybe the minority should have to ‘opt-in’ to not display it!

I understand having the choice to remove the gender although having to opt in is so silly. You go through so much with a baby this is the last thing you need to be thinking about. The baby has bits and these bits come with a label. If the baby turns out not to identify with the bits then it can be changed.

This is a joke, right? Is this what our pollies are doing instead of voting on the important things. It should be opt out if you don’t want that put on their birth certificates

A can of worms which could be counterproductive.

Laws and times have changed!

Thankfully this is not an issue for me.

I guess this is the way things will be from now on. I know I’m happy to opt in. If my kids decide when they are older they want to change their gender, then so be it, but I struggle with the idea that there is a mental issue with having it identified on your birth certificate what you were born as.

Personally I think this might cause more gender insecurity.

This will make it easier for people who have an intersex baby. That’s a good thing. I don’t see how it really hurts anyone.

Each to their own. I would still opt to include it

But this won’t change anything for the majority of people – you can still opt to note the genitals your child is born with. It does not harm to anyone and makes life a lot easier for a group of people who already find it hard – where is the problem?

I would have expected more an “opt out” than an “opt in”. If you don’t want the sex registered, you opt out.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 22 Nov 2018 , 4:13 am

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  Yes, I thought so too.

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    • • cherz replied
      • 24 Nov 2018 , 7:33 pm

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    Me three ….I also agree with you.