and identification documents If the gender of a newborn is marked as uncertain on the birth certificate, the household registration office will request further proof or a chromosome test to assign one of the binary genders for the child. This could lead to problems of gender identity as the child grows up. As of June 2019, anyone who wishes to register a sex change (binary gender), intersex people included, need to present proof that genitalia of the "prior sex" have been surgically removed. Attempts to liberalize sex change registration have stalled since 2015. The government announced, in 2018, that “gender-friendly” measures would be incorporated in the new chip-embedded citizen identity card, scheduled to be released in late 2020. First, gender will not be explicitly displayed on the physical card. Also, as the second digit of national identification number represents gender, currently binary (“1” for male; “2” for female), in the future a third gender option (represented by digit “7”) will be available to intersex and transgender persons alike. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pledged that the sex info on passport would be in line with gender registration as reflected on the identity card. Details of the third-gender option policy are yet to be released. Advocacy The two known advocacy and support groups for intersex people in Taiwan are Oii-Chinese (established in 2008; in Chinese: 國際陰陽人組織) and Beyond Gender (established in 2013; in Chinese: 台灣性別不明關懷協會). See also Intersex human rights Intersex rights in China Xie Jianshun LGBT rights in Taiwan References External links Beyond Gender Oii-Chinese Law of Taiwan