"Transgender Equality Bill"

[Nathan]

X. One’s gender identity or expression shall be included as a prohibited ground of discrimination; any transgender person should receive the same right as everyone else residing in the Kingdom.
x.2 Considering that a transgender person is much more likely to be targeted for hate violence, law enforcement authorities should be encouraged to access anti-transgender training so they can adequately and sufficiently deliver justice to members of the transgender community.
x.3 All Anti transgender discrimination in hiring, promotion, training and dismissal will be illegal in the Kingdom.
x.4 Everyone has the right to wellness psychologically and emotionally therefore; Sex Reassignment Surgeries and Hormonal treatments should be legal and reasonably accessible to people who have GID. Medical personnel are not allowed to refuse treatments to a transgender person based on discrimination against transgender people.
x.5 Transsexuals who had undergone sex reassignment surgeries will have his or her new gender be legally recognized. Other transgender people, including cross dressers, feminine men, and masculine women will continue to be legally defined by their biological sex at birth.

i move to debate

note: this was taken from a NationStates UN resolution, so id like to amend it to make it less wordy and less... ya know... plagiarised...

[Tasneem]

Second

I was thinking about making legislation like that...you stole my idea

[Nathan]

i move to amend clause 4 to define GID:

x.4 Everyone has the right to wellness psychologically and emotionally therefore; Sex Reassignment Surgeries and Hormonal treatments should be legal and reasonably accessible to people who have Gender Identity Disorder (GID). Medical personnel are not allowed to refuse treatments to a transgender person based on discrimination against transgender people.

[Tasneem]

Second...

[Nathan]

ya know... i really dont feel like amending this to reword it... my feet hurt from work....

i move to vote

[Tasneem]

Second

I'm going to pretend like the amendment is in there when I post it.

Yes

[Nathan]

yes

[TheRevisionist]

yes

[sherry]

yeah

[Tasneem]

This bill passes 4-0-0.