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Wednesday\u2019s announcement comes two weeks after Tse launched a legal challenge over the delay in allowing him to change his gender on his ID card.<br \/>\nCiting the February 2023 judgment, the government said in a statement that if people had not completed the full sex reassignment surgery but \u201csatisfied the revised criteria and requirements, they may apply for a change of sex entry on their Hong Kong identity cards\u201d.<br \/>\nThe revised requirements include the removal of breasts for transgender men, and removal of penis and testes for transgender women, which some activists say are too extreme. They must also undergo continuous hormonal treatment for at least two years before the gender change ID application is made.<br \/>\nTse\u2019s legal representative, Wong Hiu Chong, said in a statement that they welcomed the revised policy but they are \u201cconcerned about the heavy emphasis on undergoing blood tests and submission of blood reports on hormone levels\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cWe do not see the justifications, but the contravention of individuals\u2019 rights, forcing them to take unnecessary medical tests and their right to privacy,\u201d Wong said.<br \/>\nZephyrus Tsang, a director at Quarks, an organisation for transgender youth, said the surgical requirements were \u201ca violation of the rights of physical integrity\u201d of transgender individuals.<br \/>\nChristine Chu, a legal and operation manager at Quarks and a transgender woman, said that the new requirements were particularly unfair for transgender woman, as asking them to remove genitalia was \u201ca forced sterilisation\u201d.<br \/>\nHong Kong, a former British colony, returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Transgender individuals in Chinese society are still widely stigmatised, with crackdowns in recent years on LGBTQ activism.<br \/>\n(Reuters)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><\/figure>\n<p>gender identity. transgender rights, ID card gender change, surgical requirements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong will now allow transgender individuals who have not undergone full sex reassignment surgery to change their gender on their ID cards. The new policy comes after a court ruling in February that deemed the previous requirement a violation of transgender rights. 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