The Jamaica Observer posted an article on February 24, 2021, about transgender changes denied on NIDS profiles. Below are some key highlights:
- Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck said yesterday that the effort to introduce the NIDS Bill as early as possible is aimed at the majority of Jamaicans who are without any form of national identification.
- She suggested that the clauses could be used by an individual who had changed his/her appearance to that of the opposite sex, “or allow a grown man who has who has taken on the appearance and behaviour of a little girl to register their acquired or preferred identity”.
- One such athlete she referred to was Cece Telfer, whom she noted had been recognised in US media for rising from a virtually unknown athlete to a leading middle-distance runner and top 400 metre hurdles contender since changing from a male to a female athlete.
- “If we want to protect our girls and women in the field of local sports, then we must make it clear that changing from the sex recorded at birth will not be allowed in the NIDS Bill,” she insisted.
- The national identification system, called NIDS, is said to be a unique, reliable and secure way of verifying an individual’s identity.
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