in news that is Utterly Shocking, it appears that the australian national government and the government of the state that issued my birth certificate (which, hilariously enough, is the state that is the seat of the national government) are not on exactly the same page when it comes to changing gender on birth certificates
in other news: “what the heck counts as “clinical treatment” to establish a nonbinary gender identity” and other questions i will be asking this clerk via e-mail this should go well
#also the fee total is gonna be $225#which like#seriously???#(this doesn't include international postage to mail everything there)#(or the notarization fees)#ughhhhhhhhhhhhh#that which we call a brin by any other name would be an error#they also . . . didn't answer my question abt acceptable identification#so this should be fun#gatekeeping#pls stop