Scottish government plans to alter how a transgender person changes the gender on their birth certificate will reached their last legislative stage this week, with amendments to a bill being discussed on Tuesday, and debates have been pushed back to this evening.
The bill will introduce a system of self-declaration for obtaining a gender recognition certificate (GRC). It will remove the need for a psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria and reduce the time someone must have been permanently living in their gender before they can apply, from two years to three months – or six months for 16- and 17-year-olds. The age at which people can apply has already dropped from 18 to 16.
Proponents of the changes hope they will streamline a process that many transgender people find intrusive and distressing, but not affect the spaces or services they use in their day-to-day lives.
Critics argue that the simplification – also known as self-identification – will fundamentally alter who can access women-only services and leave them vulnerable to abuse by predatory male offenders.
All Holyrood parties except for the Scottish Conservatives are committed to some version of change in their 2021 manifestos, but there has been growing disquiet among a number of Scottish National Party and Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament about the detail and impact of the bill.
Here is What The Scotland’s Proposed Gender Recognition Laws Mean
- Evyn Almanzar
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