Van Ginneken is thus following an advice issued by the Council of State on an amendment proposal that it wished to submit to a new Transgender Act. According to the council, such an amendment is not the right way to implement this gender-neutral registration.
The change has many consequences for other laws and regulations and their implementation, the Council of State said in an advisory report that was made public on Friday. For example, municipalities indicate that it costs quite a bit to implement the adjustments in regulations and systems. Incidentally, the Council considers the objections “not an insurmountable obstacle” to the introduction of an X.
The D66 politician says on Instagram that she is therefore withdrawing her amendment and is working on her own initiative law. “Because if I wanted to go through with my amendment, it would slow down the whole law considerably,” she says. “The new Transgender Act (unfortunately without X) can therefore come into effect faster and that is good news.”
Interest groups such as COC and TNN believe that non-binary and other persons have been waiting too long for an appropriate registration. They are happy with the initiative of the D66 member. “About 4 percent of the Dutch identify as neither male nor female. The group experiences lack of recognition and uncomfortable situations in daily life because official gender registration is only possible with an M or V.”