Posted on 09/22/2020 7:17:36 PM PDT by packrat35
The government has abandoned plans to let people officially change gender without medical checks - but ministers have promised to make the process cheaper and "more straightforward".
In its response to a consultation on the 2004 Gender Recognition Act, the government concluded that "the balance struck in this legislation is correct".
"There are proper checks and balances in the system and also support for people who want to change their legal sex," women and equalities minister Liz Truss said in a written statement to parliament on Tuesday.
By sticking with the current legislation, the government has backtracked on former prime minister Theresa May's proposal to allow transgender people to change their birth certificates without a medical diagnosis.
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>>The government has abandoned plans to let people officially change gender without medical checks
If you are fluid you can change your sex as often as you change your socks.
Medical pros have nothing to do with “it.
All standards are already out the window.
The whole gender change subject makes me cringe and nauseous at the same time.
What if I "identify" as a giraffe? will I be entitled to public funds to make me one? How about "identifying" as a bacteria, or a mushroom? Is that valid too? Scoty, beam ne up!!!
Well, it’s one thing to be a furry, but which gender?
What if one just wants to have one’s gender bent?
There are only three genders
Male. Female. And COMFOUNDED !
Not facetious....
medical should read *mental* :(
What possible “medical checks” are there to determine this “condition?”
Ever.
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