They're all trannies don'tcha know.
Posted on 01/16/2023 11:59:21 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
The UK government has blocked a new law intended to allowed trans people in Scotland to change their legal gender without a medical diagnosis – a controversial move that has added fuel to the already highly emotional debate over Scottish independence.
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack announced on Monday that Westminster has taken the highly unusual step of blocking the Scottish bill from becoming law because it was concerned about its impact on UK-wide equality laws.
Here’s what you need to know:
What’s in the Scottish law ? Scotland passed a new law in December to make it easier for people to change their legal gender.
Under the current system, trans people must jump through a number of hoops to change the gender marker in their documents. They must have a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria – a condition defined by the distress caused by the discrepancy between a person’s body and their gender identity – and prove that they’ve been living in their chosen gender for two years. They also need to be at least 18 years old.
The new rules would drop the medical diagnosis requirement, moving instead to self-determination. The waiting time would be cut from two years to six months, and the age limit lowered to 16.
Why did Scotland want to change the rules? Campaigners have long argued that the current process is overly bureaucratic, expensive and intrusive. The Scottish government held two large public consultations on the issue and proposed the new, simpler rules.
“We think that trans people should not have to go through a process that can be demeaning, intrusive, distressing and stressful in order to be legally recognized in their lived gender,” the government said when proposing the new rules.
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Rearranging the deck chairs again.
They're all trannies don'tcha know.
It’s time to throw that Sturgeon back she smells
Will this be the issue that spurs a revival of the Scottish independence movement?
What’s to stop them after they have had their sex-change operation?
“Medical diagnosis?” c’mon, you need and MD to tell a boy from a girl? Sign me up, I believe I could do that with no special training. There is a rather distinctive way to tell.
Fags
“We think that trans people should not have to go through a process that can be demeaning, intrusive, distressing and stressful in order to be legally recognized in their lived gender,” the government said when proposing the new rules.
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Who in the Scottish government wants this? Every politician? That’s hard to believe.
What has happened to Scotland?
Go ahead and say that to one of those fellows. You’ll find out kilt wearers don’t have a sense of humor
Lordy I hope not
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