Under the existing UK-wide process brought about by the Gender Recognition Act, anyone seeking to legally change gender must live as their preferred gender for two years before seeking a gender recognition certificate.
The party’s manifesto promised to “modernise, simplify and reform the intrusive and outdated gender recognition law” and to “remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance whilst retaining the need for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from a specialist doctor”.
Labour shelves plans to make it easier for people to legally change gender Ministers mothball promised reforms to simplify the process amid fears over rise of Reform UK.
Ministers have mothballed their promised reforms to simplify the process whereby anyone seeking to change gender in the UK must get approval from a panel of doctors and lawyers.
The Labour party has not formally scrapped its manifesto pledge to reform the gender recognition process, but the fact that legislation to implement it did not appear in the king’s speech reflects that it is not a priority for ministers.
