UK lawmakers move to block Scotland’s pro-equality Gender Recognition Bill

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – July 15, 2018: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking up and leading the march for Pride Glasgow 2018, to promote LGBTI equality rights.
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The U.K. government will block a Scottish bill designed to make it easier for transgender people to change their legally recognized gender.

In December, the Scottish Parliament voted to pass the Gender Recognition Bill, which will make it easier for trans people – including those as young as 16 – to change their gender legally. The bill, which passed in an 83 to 39 vote, is intended to speed up and streamline the process by which people obtain a gender recognition certificate in Scotland.

Currently, people across the U.K. must apply to a gender recognition panel and present a diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to legally change their gender. As the BBC notes, the Scottish government has argued that the current process is invasive and causes distress to transgender people.

Under the new law, trans people would…

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