Israel: Knesset allows transgender people to remove ‘dead name’ from IDs
Transgender people in Israel will no longer need to register their previous name on their ID, after the Interior Ministry amended ID regulations on Monday.
Someone who has undergone gender reassignment will not be obliged to register their ‘dead name’ – the term for the name a transgender person received at birth before transitioning – after a position was filed by the Justice Ministry to the High Court.
The petition was submitted by Nofar Ashbel, a transgender woman, who requested to replace the male birth name with Nofar, the chosen new name.
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