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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://hachyderm.io/users/shellhazard/statuses/113775208433216669">shellhazard (shellhazard@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jan-2025 19:11:48 JST</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@shellhazard" title="shellhazard@hachyderm.io"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/231895-48-20240114002800.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="shellhazard" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">shellhazard</a><div><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/113774325940493527" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte">@skinnylatte</a> Thanks for taking the time. The anti-Asian sentiment is consistent with my experience and I'd agree the discourse is fairly behind (but not decelerating).</p><p>Do you mind if I ask how long ago these experiences were? In Victoria at least I believe the legal accessibility of gender affirming care and identity documents is quite good now (according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_Australia" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_Australia</a>) but I can't speak specifically for how people are treated by healthcare professionals when requesting this kind of care.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4313905#notice-8436623">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-05T19:11:48+09:00" title="Sunday, 05-Jan-2025 19:11:48 JST">about 5 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/notice/8436623" rel="external" title="Sent from gnusocial.jp via ActivityPub">gnusocial.jp</a></span></span><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/notice/8436623">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_Australia">Transgender rights in Australia</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Transgender rights in Australia have legal protection under federal and state/territory laws, but the requirements for gender recognition vary depending on the jurisdiction. For example, birth certificates, recognised details certificates, and driver licences are regulated by the states and territories, while Medicare and passports are matters for the Commonwealth.
Changing legal gender assignment for federal purposes such as Medicare and passports requires only a letter from a treating medical practitioner. By contrast, most states and territories impose additional requirements for gender recognition that have been criticised by the Australian Human Rights Commission and LGBT+ advocates. This includes requiring the person to undergo sexual reassignment surgery and, in most jurisdictions until 2018, to divorce if married. Advocates argue that marital status and surgery requirements are irrelevant to the recognition of a person's sex or gender identity, and instead should rely on their self-identification. The legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2017 had the effect of removing the requirement to divorce if one was already married. This...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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shellhazard (shellhazard@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jan-2025 19:11:48 JSTshellhazard
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@skinnylatte Thanks for taking the time. The anti-Asian sentiment is consistent with my experience and I'd agree the discourse is fairly behind (but not decelerating).
Do you mind if I ask how long ago these experiences were? In Victoria at least I believe the legal accessibility of gender affirming care and identity documents is quite good now (according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_Australia) but I can't speak specifically for how people are treated by healthcare professionals when requesting this kind of care.
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  Transgender rights in Australia have legal protection under federal and state/territory laws, but the requirements for gender recognition vary depending on the jurisdiction. For example, birth certificates, recognised details certificates, and driver licences are regulated by the states and territories, while Medicare and passports are matters for the Commonwealth. Changing legal gender assignment for federal purposes such as Medicare and passports requires only a letter from a treating medical practitioner. By contrast, most states and territories impose additional requirements for gender recognition that have been criticised by the Australian Human Rights Commission and LGBT+ advocates. This includes requiring the person to undergo sexual reassignment surgery and, in most jurisdictions until 2018, to divorce if married. Advocates argue that marital status and surgery requirements are irrelevant to the recognition of a person's sex or gender identity, and instead should rely on their self-identification. The legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2017 had the effect of removing the requirement to divorce if one was already married. This...

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