Labour will make it easier for people to legally transition by removing the need for them to prove they have lived as their preferred gender for two years.
Under existing rules, transgender people wishing to have their new gender legally recognised must obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC).
They are required to submit proof that they have changed genders, which can include official documents such as utility bills or passports, or even library cards or supermarket loyalty cards.
Officials insist on two years’ worth of documentation to ensure the person is prepared for a permanent change. However, The Times has learnt that Labour will ditch the requirement in an attempt to “remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance”.
Instead, transgender people will be required to undergo an effective cooling-off period for two years after their application for a GRC is submitted. A single doctor specialising in gender issues will be able to provide a medical report supporting the change to their new gender.
A single doctor specialising in gender issues…not hard to guess where their sympathies will lie.
As well as simplifying the application process, Labour will also get rid of a requirement to have consent from the spouse of the person wishing to change gender.
The changes are likely to heighten concern among critics over Labour’s approach to transgender issues. It comes after JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, accused Labour of “abandoning women” over its stance of gender….
Labour’s proposal was criticised by Kemi Badenoch, the women and equalities minister, who said it would “unravel all the protections in the current system designed to protect women and girls” and create “loopholes for predators and bad-faith actors to infiltrate women-only spaces and put us at risk”.
Top comment, from LGB Alliance's Kate Harris:
Here we go. Labour have learned nothing from the disaster that unfolded in Scotland. We suspected it; we smelt it. Now we know for sure that Labour don't give a fig for women's and LGB rights. Hypocrites now exposed in all their regressive cult beliefs. Bye bye Labour.
Mick Hartley 
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