After ‘painful’ wait since landmark ruling, Hong Kong revises policy on changing gender marker on ID card
Transgender individuals in Hong Kong who have not completed full sex reassignment surgery may now apply to change the gender marker on their identity card, the government has announced, more than a year after a landmark ruling by the city’s top court. The government on Wednesday said it had expanded the scope of eligibility for an individual to apply for amending the gender marker on their Hong Kong identity card. The amendment application was previously restricted to people who had undergone full sex reassignment surgery, but the Court of Final Appeal ruled in February last year that such a r...