Will children choose their gender now?
A recent government proposal to revise 42 legal clauses related to gender, identity and the public registry has raised questions about what this all means.
Times of Malta took a few questions and comments from readers to explain the changes which are expected to be tabled in parliament for a second reading later this week.
One of the amendments states that when parents bear a child and they register their child’s birth, they can now choose to leave the gender field blank. Is this mandatory?
No, it is not. The amendment concerning children’s gender states that parents can leave the field blank so the child can assign their own gender when they come of age.
The amendment does not mean that parents are not allowed to assign their child’s gender, it only opens the option for the field to be left blank.
If a child is assigned a gender at birth that they later choose to change when they become an adult, that same person will be able to go to the public registry to change their gender as they see fit.
But men and women are born different, parts of their body define who they are. Why is it an option to leave out someone’s gender?
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