Transgender self-identification and data gathering

There are many angles from which to approach this issue and come to the same conclusion. I like “an injury to one is an injury to all” but this is for people who like maths. Mal C.

Anarchasteminist

[Content note: brief, non-graphic mentions of domestic violence, transphobic violence, discrimination, harassment]

The Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) organisation Women’s Place UK recently launched to campaign against proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA). These reforms would include changing the way in which a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) would be issued. A GRC allows a transgender person to have the gender marker on their birth certificate changed to match their identified gender, as opposed to the one assigned to them at birth. It does not affect a person’s ability to have their gender changed on most forms of ID, to access most services or to present however they wish. The current process is onerous and expensive, involving the submission of medical reports and various kinds of evidence to a Gender Recognition Panel, who you will never meet face to face, and a £140 fee. The proposed reform…

View original post 1,876 more words

Leave a comment

No comments yet.

Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.