This is our submission to Department of Internal Affairs, on the proposed self-identification regulations.Submissions are due today at 5pm. If you haven’t made a submission yet, but you’s like to support our submission, you can email bdmrr@dia.govt.nz and tell them you support our submission. Gender Minorities Aotearoa Submission 25 July, 2022 Submission to Te Tari … Continue reading Submission on self-identification regulations
The report on the inquiry into Supplementary Order 59 on the Births Deaths and Marriages bill (“the SOP”) has been released, and will go to the Continue reading BDMRR SOP report
Written submissions are now being processed on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill, and the Inquiry into Supplementary Order Paper 59 on the Births Deaths Marriage Relationships Registration Bill (“BDMRR”). Oral submissions are also being heard on both Bills, by the Justice Committee, and the Governance and Administration Committee, respectively. Our main work on these … Continue reading First submissions promising
Submission on the Inquiry into Supplementary Order Paper 59 on the Births Deaths Marriage Relationships Registration Bill We support the intent of this Bill, as amended by Supplementary Order Paper 59. This SOP reflects the preferred option outlined in the Regulatory Impact Statement and its assessment of mana motuhake / Self- determination of sex. However, … Continue reading Our BDMRR submission
This guide is intended as an update on the BDMRR Bill, and covers the important opportunity in August/September to make final submissions on the Bill. Continue reading BDMRR Submission Guide
Tips for writing a submission to a Parliamentary Select Committee. Continue reading How to Write a Submission to Select Committee
To join the statement, send us a selfie with a poster, and a sentence or two on why you think the BDMRR Bill should pass. Continue reading BDMRR Posters and Pamphlets
Once the BDMRR Bill is released, we need transgender people and supporters to make submissions supporting legal gender recognition provisions that are based on self-determination. Continue reading BDMRR Action 2021: We Need You
Trans, intersex and rainbow community organisations strongly encourage all political parties to take these issues seriously this election and demonstrate how their policies and actions will meet the human rights obligations set out in the Human Rights Commission’s Prism report. Continue reading Trans and intersex communities call for law change and release of Working Group’s Report
Gender Minorities Aotearoa has recently updated our information on changing the sex marker on your birth certificate. Continue reading Birth Cert Sex Marker: A How To Guide
