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| Region | Christmas Island |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Apr 12, 2000 |
| End Date | Oct 5, 2011 |
| Description | Western Australia's Gender Reassignment Act (2000) requires applicants to have: 1. Undergone gender-affirming surgery (Article 15.b.i), 2. Adopted "the lifestyle" and have "the gender characteristics of a person of the gender to which the person has been reassigned" (Article 15.b.ii), 3. That they have received "proper counselling" in relation to their gender identity (Article 15.b.iii). This also applied to Christmas Island until 2011 when the surgery requirement was removed. |
| Sources | https://www.legalaid.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/LGBTIQA%2B-Changing-Gender-Factsheet.pdf https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/law_a1986.html https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_380_homepage.html |
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| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Apr 12, 2000 |
| End Date | Oct 5, 2011 |
| Description | Western Australia's Gender Reassignment Act (2000) requires applicants to have: 1. Undergone gender-affirming surgery (Article 15.b.i), 2. Adopted "the lifestyle" and have "the gender characteristics of a person of the gender to which the person has been reassigned" (Article 15.b.ii), 3. That they have received "proper counselling" in relation to their gender identity (Article 15.b.iii). This also applied to Christmas Island until 2011 when the surgery requirement was removed. |
| Sources | https://www.legalaid.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/LGBTIQA%2B-Changing-Gender-Factsheet.pdf https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/law_a1986.html https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_380_homepage.html |