NSW Labor have proclaimed next Tuesday a “special day” in the history of our great state.
Why?
Because starting next week, you can walk into a registry, look the bored clerk squarely in the eye, and change the gender on your birth certificate without presenting a single medical document, psychological report, or even so much as a strategically placed Band-Aid.
That’s right. No surgery required.
No diagnosis necessary.
Just vibes.
Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government, Jihad Dib, told State Parliament
“The key point is making sure everyone is supported, and feels included, respected and safe when dealing with the NSW government.”
I would have thought “the key point” was reality, truth and accuracy in public records.
Apparently not.
According to Dib, inclusion is a kind of universal solvent that washes away every need for rational boundaries, objective definitions, or indeed, the concept of reality itself.
You almost have to admire the enthusiasm …
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