Female sex for pre op ts passport

[aussiepride]

Just come from passport office today and my girl has got her Australian passport with her preferred sex as "female".
She is a pre op ts (still has penis), but is otherwise living and looking a woman.
A few years ago the government allowed for post op ts to get "female" sex passports (had to have penis chopped off).
We tried last year to get a Female passport but were rejected because the law did not regard her as a female, even though the officer at the passport office addressed her as "mam" lol.
We wrote letters to some politicians and about 6mnts later (late last year), the government announced that pre op ts were eligible for female sex passports.

Needles to say she is very happy today!

[fuzzybad]

Congrats! I wish my girl could get the sex marker changed on her passport, unfortunately Philippines is very strict about it.

[Alana TG]

Needless to say she is very happy today!

That's wonderful to hear. I'd be deliriously happy too. Please give her a congratulatory :hug: for me. :)

[aussiepride]

That's wonderful to hear. I'd be deliriously happy too. Please give her a congratulatory :hug: for me. :)

will do. she told all her friends and they are all getting theirs done now as well.

i had a ts friend that got a "f" passport a few years ago, but still had a valid "m" thai passport (she was pre op). when she was searched in australia, they found the "m" passport and subjected her to a frisk (pat down) by males, without being given a choice. she was traumatised by it and the blokes that did it were aplogising the whole time. i tried to get her to complain but she wanted to forget about it.
oh even when it clearly states in the law that a transgender person can choose the sex of the person who does the pat down.
hopefully those ignorant dinasaurs die out soon.

[me4ladyboy]

In Thailand, they were trying to have a 3rd sex on ID cards and passports. But, from what I have read, though a 3rd sex is fine for Thailand, it might cause problems when entering other countries so it was defeated.

Fledgling Thailand-based carrier PC Air has hired four transgender cabin crew in a highly publicised recruitment drive that has divided opinion over whether the move is in the spirit of equality or exploitation.

[smc]

In Thailand, they were trying to have a 3rd sex on ID cards and passports. But, from what I have read, though a 3rd sex is fine for Thailand, it might cause problems when entering other countries so it was defeated.

Fledgling Thailand-based carrier PC Air has hired four transgender cabin crew in a highly publicised recruitment drive that has divided opinion over whether the move is in the spirit of equality or exploitation.

The news of the transgender crew cabin was reported on this site some time ago:

http://forum.transladyboy.com/showthread.php?p=174726&highlight=thailand+flight+attendants#post174726