Intersex advocates are calling for Australia-wide reforms to ban controversial medical interventions.
This comes after the ACT government introduced Australia's first bill to protect children born with variations of sex characteristic from non-consenting surgeries.
Advocates in Tasmania say it is time for more governments to act.
"The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute recommended this reform in 2020 and still nothing has happened," Intersex Peer Support Australia spokeswoman Simone-lisa Anderson said.
Victoria committed to introducing laws in 2021 but have yet to bring the issue to parliament.
Malta, Portugal, Germany and Iceland are some of the handful of jurisdictions to have passed similar reforms.
Intersex is an umbrella term that refers to people born with variations in sex characteristics where genitals, sex chromosomes or reproductive organs do not fit medical and social norms for female or male bodies.
Babies displaying intersex characteristics are often subject to irreversible surgeries to make their appearances more typical.
Families are also told to put their children on hormone treatment to facilitate typical female or male development.
But those affected by medical intervention have reported numerous lifelong health issues such as infertility and incorrect gender assignment, according to an Australian Human Rights Commission report.
The report recommended in 2021 that new legislation was needed to protect intersex children, given a baby cannot consent to surgery.
"It has long been recommended that governments take action on irreversible and non-urgent procedures to be deferred until the person is old enough to be able to decide for themselves what is done to their bodies," ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said on Wednesday.
The bill is part of a significant reform with the territory government investing $2.6 million over four years.
If passed, new services will support a decision-making framework for families of intersex children, the establishment of a specialist unit in the Canberra Hospital and training packages for health professions.
The proposed legislation has been welcomed by intersex advocates who say it will create safeguards for future children.
"Our bodies don't need to be forcibly changed," intersex advocate Steph Lum said.
"I would certainly never choose to have been born any differently."
The ACT government worked with Intersex Human Rights Australia and bioethicists to develop the bill.
Australian Associated Press