Harnaam Kaur – “My beard has 100% become a part of my body. It is the source of my strength and confidence,” she said. “I keep my hair to show the world a different, confident, diverse and strong image of a woman… . I look at it and is it a sign to me that we are all different and none of us are born the same.“
Canadians no longer need to undergo sex-reassignment surgery in order to change the gender marker on their citizenship certificate under new reforms from Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
As of February, those wishing to change their gender on the certificate need only now submit provincially or territorially-issued documentation such as amended birth certificate.
“This change will give persons who identify themselves as another gender, but have not undergone surgery (or do not plan to), access to an accurate citizenship certificate,” said Citizenship and Immigration Canada spokesperson Bill Brown in an email to National Post.
