Australia’s Discrimination Commissioner Says Sex Not Restricted to a Person’s Biology

The commissioner said ’sex' was a term broad enough to encompass the idea that a person’s sex can be changed.

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Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner Anna Cody says “sex” is a broad term not limited to biology or the binary concept.

In a submission to the Federal Court of Australia, Ms. Cody said the term was “broad enough to encompass the idea that a person’s ‘sex’ can be changed.”