Cross -sex who fails to complete the surgery in Hong Kong can change the gender of ID

The Hong Kong Government announced on Wednesday (April 3) that the cross -sex who has not completed the reset operation, if the specified surgery has been completed to change its gender characteristics, etc., you can applyRemember.

According to the Hong Kong Government News Network, the Court of Final Appeal ruled on a civil appeal on February 6 last year. The government requested that cross -gender persons must complete a complete operation in order to change the gender policy of the ID card.After a lapse of more than a year, the Hong Kong Government announced on Wednesday that the policy of applying for changing the gender items on the Hong Kong ID card has been revised.

Under the new revised policy, those who have not completed the entire gender reset operation shall be submitted to the relevant medical certificate and documents to prove that the breasts will be removed, the feminine is reset to a male; or the penis and the penis andTesticles, surgical treatment reset to women, and meet specific qualifications and requirements. The Director of the Hong Kong Entry -Child Office will consider whether to approve the application of gender items on ID cards according to the individual cases of the case.

The applicant must enable the director of the Immigration Department to believe or have gender uneasiness, and it has continued to live with another gender within at least two years before the application date, and the rest of his life will continue to use it for the rest of his life.Another gender life.

In addition, the applicant must continue to receive heterosexual hormonal treatment within at least two years before the application date, and will continue to receive continuous treatment. At the same time, the relevant blood test report is submitted in accordance with the hormonal level.

The Hong Kong Government emphasized that the above revision only related to the policy of applying to change the gender item of the ID card. The gender marked on the ID card does not represent the legal gender in law.Amendments will not affect gender treatment methods in any other government policies, Hong Kong laws or related legal procedures.