The government finally listened and halted these dangerous changes to our birth certificates. Science and biological reality have prevailed over this reckless ideological push. We achieved this victory through sheer persistence but stay vigilant because we must ensure they never try to rewrite these facts again.
February 20, 2021
Final supporters
A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person.
Currently in QLD an individual can apply to note a "sex change" on their birth certificate if they have had sexual reassignment surgery. This already goes too far as humans cannot change sex - superficial surgeries and hormone treatments don't actually change your sex. Your DNA and genetics remain the same, for life.
QLD Birth Certificates should act as an official record of BIRTH and hence should record biological sex and be a reflection of reality. This official document should not be able to be altered based upon an intangible "gender identity" especially if the individual still retains the external genitalia and body of their birth sex.
Allowing changes to official birth records means that other Australian or QLD statistics including Crime Statistics will be inaccurate and rendered useless for research and funding purposes.
Why should an individual be permitted to alter an official government record to appease an ideological belief that not all of the population of a secular society such as Australia shares?
We don't support calls for further amendments which could see sex on a QLD birth certificate changed just on self-declaration alone (that is, a male could simply say they're a woman and have the sex on their birth certificate updated to reflect this).
Please sign and share if you agree.
Updates
February 6, 2021
We just hit 100 signatures and the message is clear. The QLD government needs to stop ignoring biological reality for the sake of an ideology that clearly lacks public support.
Reached 250 supporters
February 6, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
February 4, 2021
70 Comments
It is essential to keep birth records accurate and biological sex is part of that accuracy. Let us not help serious criminals disappear themselves by the process of changing their birth records.
Accurate records that reflect material realities - not subjective feelings or ill-defined "identities" -are necessary for gathering data and creating sound public policy. If you allow falsification of of official documents in this instance, surely that sets a precedent for doing so in other areas as well.
we would rightly be concerned by someone declaring to be 45 if their birth certificate records that they are 16 - as well as someone declaring to be 16 when their birth certificate records they are 45. self declaration isn't a valid reason to amend socio-functional categories such a sex, cultural affiliation, and age.
An "X" line could be added so those who wish it can add a gender identity, but the sex recorded at birth (Male OR Female) should be kept and used for medical, sociological and crime statistics, etc.. Also to determine the competitive sports the person can play, according to their actual sex.
Please think this through. The implications are enormous in so many areas of our lives such as accurate data collection and measurment for health, but especially for existing sex based protections for women and girls.
A Birth certificate should reflect the observed reality of sex at birth and not be a vanity certificate.
A birth certificate is a record of sexual at birth.
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The government finally listened and halted these dangerous changes to our birth certificates. Science and biological reality have prevailed over this reckless ideological push. We achieved this victory through sheer persistence but stay vigilant because we must ensure they never try to rewrite these facts again.
February 20, 2021
Final supporters
A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person.
Currently in QLD an individual can apply to note a "sex change" on their birth certificate if they have had sexual reassignment surgery. This already goes too far as humans cannot change sex - superficial surgeries and hormone treatments don't actually change your sex. Your DNA and genetics remain the same, for life.
QLD Birth Certificates should act as an official record of BIRTH and hence should record biological sex and be a reflection of reality. This official document should not be able to be altered based upon an intangible "gender identity" especially if the individual still retains the external genitalia and body of their birth sex.
Allowing changes to official birth records means that other Australian or QLD statistics including Crime Statistics will be inaccurate and rendered useless for research and funding purposes.
Why should an individual be permitted to alter an official government record to appease an ideological belief that not all of the population of a secular society such as Australia shares?
We don't support calls for further amendments which could see sex on a QLD birth certificate changed just on self-declaration alone (that is, a male could simply say they're a woman and have the sex on their birth certificate updated to reflect this).
Please sign and share if you agree.
Updates
February 6, 2021
We just hit 100 signatures and the message is clear. The QLD government needs to stop ignoring biological reality for the sake of an ideology that clearly lacks public support.
Reached 250 supporters
February 6, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
February 4, 2021
70 Comments
I birthed four children, no-one else did, and I know what sex they were.........it is especially important the birth sex remains in a certificate, if only for medical practioners
It is essential to keep birth records accurate and biological sex is part of that accuracy. Let us not help serious criminals disappear themselves by the process of changing their birth records.
Accurate records that reflect material realities - not subjective feelings or ill-defined "identities" -are necessary for gathering data and creating sound public policy. If you allow falsification of of official documents in this instance, surely that sets a precedent for doing so in other areas as well.
we would rightly be concerned by someone declaring to be 45 if their birth certificate records that they are 16 - as well as someone declaring to be 16 when their birth certificate records they are 45. self declaration isn't a valid reason to amend socio-functional categories such a sex, cultural affiliation, and age.
An "X" line could be added so those who wish it can add a gender identity, but the sex recorded at birth (Male OR Female) should be kept and used for medical, sociological and crime statistics, etc.. Also to determine the competitive sports the person can play, according to their actual sex.
Please think this through. The implications are enormous in so many areas of our lives such as accurate data collection and measurment for health, but especially for existing sex based protections for women and girls.
A Birth certificate should reflect the observed reality of sex at birth and not be a vanity certificate.
A birth certificate is a record of sexual at birth.
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I birthed four children, no-one else did, and I know what sex they were.........it is especially important the birth sex remains in a certificate, if only for medical practioners