The bill includes a stipulation that people can only request a sex change on their birth certificate after gender\u002Daffirming surgery.
Proposed Thursday by Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, the bill has several troubling elements, according to Trianon, including a stipulation people can only request a sex change on their birth certificate after undergoing gender-affirming surgery on their sex organs. The person’s gender would then have to be re-confirmed by a doctor who did not perform the surgery.
For people who don’t meet the surgical requirement to have their designated sex changed on their ID, Bill 2 allows for the addition of a separate “gender” category on documentation. But that doesn’t solve the problem, according to Trianon, as an ID with the gender category added would be a clear sign someone is trans, opening them up to possible discrimination and harassment.
The amendments to Bill 2 are part of the Ministry of Justice’s response to a decision by Quebec Superior Court judge Gregory Moore, in January, who ordered the government to bring changes to Bill 71 in order to allow trans and non-binary people to designate their own gender identity on their birth certificate so they are identified correctly. The case had been brought against the government by the Centre for Gender Advocacy.
Manon Massé, co-spokesperson and MNA for Québec solidaire, said her party needs time to look over the 300 articles in Bill 2, but her initial assessment is not positive.Article content