#Trans #concern #group urges #HongKong #Government to update #ID #card #gender #policy following #landmark #ruling.
For [the #RegistrationofPersons #Office] to continue to #uphold a #policy ruled as #unconstitutional to this day … would mean that the #ImmigrationDepartment is violating #constitutional #rights,” said #ChristineChu of #Quarks a #trans #rights group.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SoutheastAsia #HongKong #Transitioning
Trans concern group urges Hong Kong gov’t to update ID card gender policy following landmark ruling
Thirteen transgender people on Saturday applied to change the gender marker on their identity cards to their preferred gender identity, in a coordinated effort to urge the Immigration Department to update its terms. It came after a ruling by the city’s top court allowing trans people to do so without having undergone full sex reassignment […]