Trudeau spokesman Cameron Ahmed said the issue of gender-neutral identity documents is being wrapped up in the government’s new transgender rights bill introduced in May. Daye said the longer the government waits to move to gender-neutral identity documents, the longer it exposes transgender Canadians and other members of the LGBTQ2 community to potential problems or danger. Federal and provincial agencies that use the information to validate identities raised concerns over the complete removal of sex information from the registry. Marcella Daye, the acting manager of policy at the commission, said having gender-neutral identity documents like passports is the number one issue transgender Canadians have raised in recent consultations with the commission. Citizenship and Immigration Canada said it would respond Tuesday to questions posed to it on Monday.

Source: National Post July 05, 2016 14:03 UTC