The New Zealand (NZ) government has passed a law that will allow people to change the sex recorded on their birth certificates to match their self-identified gender without the need for gender reassignment treatment or surgery. But a women’s rights group has successfully put a dent in the law to ensure some protections for women remain. NZ Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti said it was a “proud” day for the country after the parliament voted “in favour of inclusivity and against discrimination,” The Guardian reported. “This law change will make a real difference for transgender, non-binary, takatāpui (LGBT), and intersex New Zealanders,” Tinetti said. The new bill removed the requirement from an existing law, passed in 2018, for people to prove they were undergoing gender reassignment treatment that had already allowed people to self-identify their gender on birth certificates. Speak Up for Women, an organisation that formed in opposition to the …