Yep I'm all for doing away with the paper trail. No birth certificates, nothing to argue about. All humans should be microchipped. If a child attempts to leave home, we can find them in a flash and return them to their loving parents of any sex. It can also help us to find our lost pets.

Microchipping could be used for finding out about bad diseases, our history could be stored on the chip. That's the way of the future. Wonder how much it costs?

A child should have the right to know who their biological father or mother is, this is nonsense.

It would be a huge mistake to elect Labor and the Greens just for this reason alone!

All children have a right to have both the father and mother as well as their sex, which is part of their Identity, recorded on their birth certificates. Any watering down of this is taking society down into the gutter. Those who don't agree must not be allowed to have children, as the child's rights are far more important than their own stupid "preferences".

Typical of these damn minorities, why don't they pull their queer heads in.

Oh for s**t sake, are many of you old fa**s likely to live beyond the next thirty years? Why is this such a bone of contention. How will it affect your lives? The world is a very different place to what you grew up in, that God!!!!!!!!

I couldn't care less who's gay, straight or wobbley, you shouldn't either. None of your business, none of my business. For once the Labor and Greens are doing something constructive. As for the topic heading, they do not propose removing "gender" from the BC, they are hoping to remove sex. Not a big deal. 

What's the advantage of changing the birth certificates? 

I think they should be left alone.

FOR ANY GIVEN CHILD, WE CAN’T PREDICT WITH CERTAINTY WHAT GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION SHE OR HE WILL GROW UP TO HAVE, EVEN IF THE CHILD IS RAISED IN A VERY SEX-ROLE-STRICT CULTURE.

What that means is: The sex on a baby’s birth certificate is generally based on what their genitals look like, but this is only part of what makes a boy a boy and a girl a girl. The other part of the story is: there are also the ovaries or testes, the mix of hormones and the pattern of the chromosomes. Variations in any of these physical characteristics means bodies don’t fall into the binary categories that make up conventional sex definitions. 

I was talking to a couple of transgender people at my Uni the other day and they informed me that for the transgender and intersex communities, removing "sex" from birth certificates just makes life less complicated. Having a gender identity that does not match the sex designation on a birth certificate can create confusion and potentially expose people to discrimination when an identity document is requested, such as when they register at a school or university or apply for a passport. Birth certificates are also used to accumulate identity “points” for anything from applying for a credit card to commencing a job. If that is the case, then I see no useful purpose in denying this “minority” such a change.

It's amazing how so many people can contribute to a thread and not read the comments a few have already made which explain this. 

In NSW in 2011 a lesbian couple successfully applied to a court to have a biological father's name replaced with that of one of the couple's.

LJ

I’m afraid you did some false and misleading reporting regarding the above. As far as I am aware, a sperm donor does not have legal parenting responsibilities and therefore cannot make decisions about the child's education or medical needs, even if a court grants visitation rights and he is on the birth certificate.

The “father” in question answered the same sex couple's advertisement in a magazine, they agreed he should be involved in his daughter's life but exactly how was never decided. The biological father may consider he has certain rights but as he himself admitted, there was NO agreement before the birth of the child that he would be on the birth register when he decided to donate his sperm.

It is not possible under NSW law to have three parents with legal responsibilities. Had the father had sexual intercourse with the woman who bore the child or married her, he would have gained that legal status. As far as I can see, no contractual agreement was made and although I feel sorry for him, he hasn’t got a leg to stand on. Let that be a warning to donors, make firm legal arrangements before embarking on sperm donation if you want to be in the child’s life.

I, like many people, have a genetic gene defect that makes me prone to certain rare cancers. It is a defect that I, had a 50%  chance of getting from the carrier (either my mother or father), as did my siblings. As it happened, I drew the short straw. My offspring also had a 50% chance of receiving the gene. because a tumour manifested itself in me, my kids and my siblings were able to get tested early, and thus, if necessary receive early scanning and, if necessary treatment. I, unfortunately, not being aware of the gene, did not receive treatment until irreparable damage had been done. The Tasmanian proposal could prove disastrous for some in my family's position.

The above is a specimen of a Tasmanian Birth Certificate which I believe is still in use presently.

Note "sex" appears at No.5 in the first box.  I have scrutinised the entire document with a huge magnifying glass and for the life of me cannot see where they have put any genetic details.

Therefore, it would appear removing the word "Sex" will have no significant impact because whether you are homosexual or heterosexual or anything in between, you have to use other sources to obtain genetic information.

Have a great weekend, go fishing, helps to clear the head of many absurdities.

born anatomically a male or a female...easy