Current Version
| Region | Alberta |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | Apr 23, 2014 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Application requires a letter from a psychiatrist, a commissioned for oaths letter from the applicant, and $20. The Vital Statistics Act's surgical requirement was defeated in court. |
| Sources | http://ablawg.ca/2014/05/07/4349/ https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/laws/astat/sa-2014-c-8/latest/sa-2014-c-8.html |
Revision History (3)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. The description itself says a letter is required.
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0 | Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Description | Application requires a letter from a psychiatrist, a commissioned for oaths letter from the applicant, and $20. The Vital Statistics Act's surgical requirement was defeated in court. | Application requires a letter from a psychiatrist, a commissioned for oaths letter from the applicant, and $20. The Vital Statistics Act's surgical requirement was defeated in court. |
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| Sources | http://ablawg.ca/2014/05/07/4349/ | http://ablawg.ca/2014/05/07/4349/ https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/laws/astat/sa-2014-c-8/latest/sa-2014-c-8.html |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "https://www.leg.bc.ca/Pages/BCLASS-Legacy.aspx#%2Fcontent%2Flegacy%2Fweb%2F40th2nd%2F3rd_read%2Fgov17-3.htm (shows that national gender self-id was implemented April 29, 2014) the current description says that the application requires a letter from a psychiatrist, which would make it fit better into medical diagnosis as you need a psychiatrist to agree."
- Newer law has been passed "Gender marker change does not require letter from psychiatrist. https://www.alberta.ca/birth-record-sex-amendment.aspx"
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Apr 23, 2014 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Application requires a letter from a psychiatrist, a commissioned for oaths letter from the applicant, and $20. The Vital Statistics Act's surgical requirement was defeated in court. |
| Sources | http://ablawg.ca/2014/05/07/4349/ |