Labour will "modernise" trans law process

The Labour Party has said that it will "modernise" the process by which people change their legal sex if elected.

Under its plans, people will still have to have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria to legally change sex, through applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). However, a requirement to be seen by a panel of experts will be ditched.

The party would also remove a requirement for applicants to demonstrate that they have lived as the opposite sex for two years, in favour of a two-year 'reflection period'. Women's groups have raised concerns that simplifying the process could allow men to abuse it in order to access single sex spaces.

The Liberal Democrats have also said they'd reform the gender-recognition process to remove the requirement for medical reports – thereby introducing gender self-ID. The party would alo create legal recognition for “non-binary” identities.

The Conservatives have taken a different approach, pledging to introduce new legislation that would change the definition of sex to mean ‘biological sex’, or sex at birth, should they be in government.

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