Rules for changing your record of sex

Understand the rules you must follow when you want to change your legal record of sex if you are 16 or older.

If you want to legally change your record of sex, you must follow certain rules.

Use these rules when you change your record of sex.

You must

Apply to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Be 16 years or older.

Live in Queensland and lived here for the past 12 months if you were not born in Queensland.

Have written approval from a Chief Executive of Corrective Services or Police Commissioner if:

you are in the custody of Corrective Services or a released prisoner under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003
you are a reportable offender under the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004.

Change your record of sex if you already changed it the past 12 months.

Change your first name to a prohibited name.

Managed by: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages