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By signing the recent passport amendment legislation you have stopped many of the Australiaвs trans community from obtaining a passport in the gender in which they live, unless they have had genital surgery, placing them in danger if they travel abroad.
This means that transsexual people in transition would have to travel aboard with a passport of the opposite gender to which they are presenting or with a Document of Identity which draws attention to them. This even applies to someone travelling overseas for the express purpose of completing their transsexual surgery. Some intersex, transsexual or transsexed people cannot have any surgery for medical reasons including heart condition, liver and kidney problems, cancer or AIDS or simply not being able to afford treatment.
Transgender people who do not want to have genital surgery will also now have to travel on a passport which will read the opposite sex and gender to which they present. These people will now not be able to travel outside Australia safely and anonymously, making them susceptible to abuse, violence, and discrimination abroad.
We call upon the Australian Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs to review the policies of the passport office bringing them in line with humane principles for treating all Australian citizens with equal validity. Some people identify as male and some of female but there are many people who are neither physically of socially part of the polarity separatism. Many transpeople are part of the interrex spectrum but also many transgender people live as one gender but have genitals that may be different from how they present. Policies should be changed to:
1. Give passports to preoperative or non operative transsexuals or transexed people, who have not had genital surgery, in the gender in which they live, for unrestricted travel.
2. Allow people who were married before transition to remain married and get a passport in their new gender presentation.
3. Give passports to transgender people in the gender in which they live for unrestricted travel.
4 Allow an individual, who requires it, to have no sex or gender stated on their passport.
This means that transsexual people in transition would have to travel aboard with a passport of the opposite gender to which they are presenting or with a Document of Identity which draws attention to them. This even applies to someone travelling overseas for the express purpose of completing their transsexual surgery. Some intersex, transsexual or transsexed people cannot have any surgery for medical reasons including heart condition, liver and kidney problems, cancer or AIDS or simply not being able to afford treatment.
Transgender people who do not want to have genital surgery will also now have to travel on a passport which will read the opposite sex and gender to which they present. These people will now not be able to travel outside Australia safely and anonymously, making them susceptible to abuse, violence, and discrimination abroad.
We call upon the Australian Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs to review the policies of the passport office bringing them in line with humane principles for treating all Australian citizens with equal validity. Some people identify as male and some of female but there are many people who are neither physically of socially part of the polarity separatism. Many transpeople are part of the interrex spectrum but also many transgender people live as one gender but have genitals that may be different from how they present. Policies should be changed to:
1. Give passports to preoperative or non operative transsexuals or transexed people, who have not had genital surgery, in the gender in which they live, for unrestricted travel.
2. Allow people who were married before transition to remain married and get a passport in their new gender presentation.
3. Give passports to transgender people in the gender in which they live for unrestricted travel.
4 Allow an individual, who requires it, to have no sex or gender stated on their passport.
583 Signatures
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Jack F
- Address and Zip code
- The Netherlands
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floyd
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Laura S
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- The issue here is not whether or not 'weirdos have rights', but that the Australian Government support its citizens equally. That includes making international travel as safe as possible as it is within their power to do so. PS
- Address and Zip code
- Barnsley, 2278
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Julianne
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Hannah G
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- Mr Downer shouldn't dictate someone's identity thus putting them at risk when they travel
- Address and Zip code
- 2287
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Kiva J
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- 4510
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Serena M
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Fares S
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Danielle J
- Address and Zip code
- Kilsyth, Vic, 3137
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Julie C
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Catherine C
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Pip W
- Address and Zip code
- 2454
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Deborah F
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Brett B
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Stacey
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- This is just disgusting personally
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youssef
- Address and Zip code
- 00967
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Dr Philippa D
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- 71 Scrivener St O'Connor ACT 2602
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Terry F
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- Compassion never lost anyone a vote
- Address and Zip code
- 3029
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Desiree H
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- Everyone deserves to be treated equally!
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Kathleen K
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- Rights for all human beings
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Katrina F
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Tracie O
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- All human being derserve equal rights
- Address and Zip code
- Australian Health and Education Centre, Sydney 2037
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Isabella M
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- Its time the Government recognised its constituents in all their forms and granted equal rights to ALL, not just the straight conformist sheep who dont speak up for fear of being discriminated against, themselves.
- Address and Zip code
- Sydney Australia
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jennifer g
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- this stupidity affects me too, having to travel on a male passport and support it with a name change certificate is just plain unnaceptable.
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Grace A
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- You have knowingly placed us in clear and present danger, and denied us natural justice as Australian Citizens by this action. it is unreasonable, unfair, discriminatory and unjustified. You must reverse this NOW!
- Address and Zip code
- 59 Cassandra St, Chapel Hill QLD 4069
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Katrina I
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- My sister has as much right to an "F" on her passport as I do.
- Address and Zip code
- Brisbane, Australia
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Marcelle M
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Brandon C
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Angela D
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Judith V
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- I consider this a reactionary move by .au govt
- Address and Zip code
- 1052 EN
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Jessica L
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- Medically Intersexed & more female than male, yet male on Birth Cert.
- Address and Zip code
- 4184
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Mark Telford H
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Fredrik S
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- Sweden
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Alex R
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Emily S
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- This is a scandal and clearly the worst form of discrimination. I am shocked.
- Address and Zip code
- Chez Dhenin, Le Platon, 74290 Bluffy, France
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Hanna N
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- Stockholm, Sweden
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Grant S
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Georgia
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- This petition should not be required in this "lucky" country. When will basic rights apply to ALL of us and not just those that fit into neat little boxes?
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- Brisbane, Australia
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Mirte S
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- http://tg-f.kratjebierhosting.nl
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- В
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Anonymous
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Ms Amanda Lee M
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- How discriminatory I thought this country was fair to all, Be ashamed........
- Address and Zip code
- Brisbane Qld.....
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Jenny O
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Mija F
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Brett M
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- Very dissappointed Mr Downer
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Andy T
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Stuart B
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- We should respect the right for people to be who they are. Regardless of sex, gender or combination of the above.
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Genevieve M
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- Southport, Queensland
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Dorothy W
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Stefanie I
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- Thankyou to everyone signing here. This is a Fight for simple Human rights.
- Address and Zip code
- Sydney
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Michelle A
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