From September 2011: The Australian Passport Office issued a document outlining requirements for the ‘Sex and Gender Diverse Passport Applicants’ section These included: Sex reassignment surgery is not a prerequisite to issue a passport in a new gender. Birth or… Read More

From 2011: SAGE Member Conor Montgomery made a complaint to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) when it refused to issue him with a passport that stated he was male. Conor had been registered female at birth… Read More

From July 2011: SAGE submitted a paper to then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in regards to the Australian Passport Office Department changing its policy for issuing passports to Sex and/or Gender Diverse People (SGD) Click here to read the submission

From June 2011: A transsexual woman has won the right to a full, 10-year passport in her transitioned identity, without the need for undergoing sex realignment surgery first. She shares the story of her legal battle with the Australian Passport… Read More

Australia’s first national rally of intersex, sex and/or gender diverse (ISGD) people saw 180 participants gather on the lawns of parliament house, Canberra, on 11 May, 2011. Two buses of ISGD people and allies travelled from Sydney. A bus arrived… Read More

From 2009: SAGE member Stefanie Imbruglia made a complaint against the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and won an apology, after sudden law changes prevented her from being issued with female passport. DFAT refused to issue her… Read More