{"gt_parse": {"text_sequence": "mpleted gender confirmation surgery, which was not the cas e for her. On November 1, 1999, th e provincial court of appeals ruled that nothing in the law prevented a person who was regis tered as male from legally adopting a woman's name.Another i ssue specific to Quebec is married names. Because of the Quebec Charter of Rights married women in Quebec have been unable to adopt their spouse's surname since 1976. Other pr ovinces allow their residents to change their last name on the strength of their m arriage certificate. The directeur de l'tat civil will amend a Quebec birth certific ate if a"}}