More than 2700 people including children have had the change made to their birth certificate since the new law came into effect in 2020, according to new data released by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Up to 43 per cent of the people changed their gender from male to female, 33 per cent changed from female to male and the 25 per cent changed their identity to other.
However, some medical experts have said the move can cause problems when it came to treating people for certain conditions when a person was not forthcoming about their gender.
Legislation to adopt the change caused a stir in 2019 after the Victorian Women’s Guild raised concerns that the reforms could threaten the safety of vulnerable women and compromise women-only spaces.
Source: Gender change on birth certificate easier than ever in Victoria | Herald Sun