Settlement in human rights complaint sets stage for gender-neutral IDs: Activist
OTTAWA — Trans rights activists say it is now only a matter of time before the federal government drops any mention of gender from government-issued identification after the Liberals publicly said officials don’t always need the information.
The admission came as part of a human rights settlement this month over the use of sex and gender in issuing social insurance numbers. The government agreed to give Canadians a third choice on applications, neither female nor male.
Christin Milloy, the trans activist behind the complaint, said the government’s own words set the stage for the all government identification documents to become gender-neutral.
“It bolsters the case for those people who are challenging — in other provinces and the federal government — the presence of sex and gender on ID because every single one of those cases will refer to this settlement, to this statement that’s been made.”