Gender Recognition
(asked on 21st February 2025) - View Source
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she is taking steps to simplify the process whereby anyone seeking to change gender in the UK must get approval from a panel of doctors and lawyers.
Answered by
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 3rd March 2025
In our manifesto, we committed to modernising, simplifying, and reforming gender recognition law while upholding the Equality Act and its provisions on single-sex exceptions.
We will remove indignities for trans people whilst retaining the need for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from a specialist doctor.