New law removes need for psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria to obtain gender recognition certificate
The Scottish government’s long-awaited changes to simplify how someone can legally change gender are to be passed by MSPs after two days of fraught, chaotic and sometimes emotional debate.
Six years after it was proposed by the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, following two public consultations and amid an increasingly toxic and polarised political discourse, the new law removes the need for a psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC) and extends the application process to 16- and 17-year-olds for the first time.
New law removes need for psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria to obtain gender recognition certificateThe Scottish government’s long-awaited changes to simplify how someone can legally change gender are to be passed by MSPs after two days of fraught, chaotic and sometimes emotional debate.Six years after it was proposed by the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, following two public consultations and amid an increasingly toxic and polarised political discourse, the new law removes the need for a psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC) and extends the application process to 16- and 17-year-olds for the first time. Continue reading…
