His Excellency the Prime Minister, Christopher Slant, has proposed a bill that guarantees the legal recognition of gender identity and protections from discrimination.
Part of the Ministry of Culture and Engagement’s recently announced plans to create a legal process for gender recognition, the Bill recognises four legal statuses:
- Male,
- Female,
- Non-binary,
- Intersex.
It will allow citizens to self-identify their gender identity as long as their request is genuine.
The Bill also prohibits the Government from recording biological sexes, with gender identity superceding biological sex under law, whilst still protecting everyone from discrimination based on their gender identity and biological sex.
The Bill also:
- Ensures everyone’s right to access care and services based on both biological sex-based and gender identity-based needs,
- Prohibits anyone from being forced to declare their biological sex or transgender status,
- Ensures intersex children cannot go through non-essential medical interventions intended to alter sex characteristics unless they are capable of providing informed consent.