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Law reform
In 2015 the Women and Equalities Committee of the House of Commons conducted an inquiry into equality for transgender (trans) people and in January 2016 published its report. This was the catalyst for a series of changes in the UK. Although the law was not changed, policy guidance issued by the EHRC tended towards accepting people's self-declared gender. In 2018 the government adopted the proposal from the committee's report to simplify the process by which someone could change their legal sex and get a new birth certificate in its proposed reform of the Gender Recognition Act, and conducted a consultation on the proposals. The results are due to be published in 2019.
Advancing transgender rights: What is reasonable for us as a society to do?
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Government says GRA reforms will not be at the expense of women’s rights: A self-declaration system must now be ruled out.
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Trans rights do not exist in isolation: A fair society balances the rights of all and acknowledges difference.
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The Gender Recognition Act 2004 : What does it mean for women?
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Transgender rights: How did we get here? Part 1 Equality Law
Introduction This is the first part of two articles looking at the history of how the transgender … [Read more...] about Transgender rights: How did we get here? Part 1 Equality Law