Our response to the UK Government’s announcement on the Gender Recognition Act
Today’s announcement by the UK Government that they intend to make only tiny improvements to the Gender Recognition Act in England and Wales is disappointing but not surprising. Reducing the fees is a welcome change. Moving the process online without any change to the underlying requirements will leave the majority of problems with the process still in place: it pathologises trans people by relying on a psychiatric diagnosis, it requires us to submit intrusive medical evidence about our bodies and Read more…
Letter to the Sun from trans activists
Below in full is the letter we wrote to the Sun in response to their front page on 12th June 2020, as well as a full list of signatories. You can read media coverage of the letter at: The Guardian Pink News Dear Victoria Newton, We write to you in shock and dismay at the abhorrent front page of today's Sun Newspaper (12/6/2020) in which you gave voice to JK Rowling’s abuser. Misogyny is a pervasive force and one that treats survivors and victims of Read more…
Scottish Trans Alliance response to today’s Sunday Times front page
Today (14th June 2020), the Sunday Times has reported that an unnamed UK Government source has leaked to them a draft of what the UK Government Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, apparently proposes to do to try to undermine trans equality. The report claims that Liz Truss will completely ignore the 70% of respondents to the UK Government Gender Recognition Act consultation who supported removing the intrusive medical evidence requirements for correcting a trans person's birth certificate. The Sunday Read more…
