Bill seeks to bring legal rights to intersex and non-binary people - Ireland

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Parents will no longer be "forced to immediately choose between male and female" on their child's birth certificate if a child is born with intersex characteristics, under a bill proposed in the Dáil.

People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger has introduced a bill to bring legal rights and recognition to non-binary and intersex people here.

The bill would introduce the option of an X marker on the Gender Recognition Certificate, in addition to M (male) and F (female).

The Dublin West TD says up to 10% of people are LGBTQI in surveys, and at least a third of these people identify as non-binary.

She said globally around 2% of the population defines themselves this way.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0924/1592877-intersex-bill/

Not sure how many on FWR are from or living in the Republic of Ireland, and no doubt they are aware of this.

But thought I would post because of threads of similar discussion in NI, Wales and Scotland.

This is a slightly different perspective https://www.christian.org.uk/news/bill-seeks-to-bake-third-gender-into-irish-law/

So they are totally conflating sex/gender/intersex?

Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard of it. I guess I can understand a 3rd option on a form at birth for intersex, but I still don't get what the rights for non binary is about. That's entirely a choice and nothing biological surely? I don't really follow these issues but would like to be a bit more educated.

Does this nitwit not understand that there is no such thing as 'intersex', only Differences in Sexual Development. Nobody is born partway between female and male. There are no sperva or overm. If a child is born with ambiguous genitalia, they will swiftly have genetic testing to identify their sex. So the idea that an 'intersex' child is neither female nor male and must have that established in their documentation is absolute nonsense. And very unkind nonsense, too, as it locks the child into falsehood.

As for non-binary. My eyes cannot roll far enough. But this is Ireland, where men can be women and it is worse to tell the truth than to degrade half the population.

Must admit I found the article confusing which is why I included the longer on from the Christian Institute.

Have found this link which has 2 pdf files to download giving more detail https://rule.ie/bills/non-binary-and-intersex-recognition-bill-2026