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beau–brummell:

By the way, if any of you guys see one of those posts about how the UK government (well, England and Wales specifically: this does not apply to Scotland) is restricting trans rights, I need you to NOT reblog or spread it. A lot of it is misinformation. The government will not be reforming the Gender Recognition Act, this is true and it sucks, big time, but is actually no change from what we already currently have for trans people in the UK (I’m not saying that’s like, a good system, because it isn’t: my boyfriend has been asked the most invasive questions imaginable in order to justify his gender.) It’s also true that 70% of the responses to the consultation into potential reform of the GRA were in favour of updating it, and yet the government is still not going to change a damn thing to pacify a loud minority. That also sucks. But it’s really not helpful to spread unnecessary panic about this and incorrectly say that rights and the ability to change one’s legal sex are being rolled back/made near impossible, especially as many British trans people are already on edge given the rising transphobia in our media and public discourse. Our more trans-hostile newspapers have already tried to spread panic about this. Essentially: nothing is changing (even if it definitely should - we are behind so many European countries on this)

This is the government announcement, put out earlier today, on the GRA reform. It’s not perfect because Liz Truss is evil but all she really does is reiterate what the current system is, reiterate the EA, and also mention some stuff about making changing one’s legal sex cheaper/trying to improve trans healthcare. This is what UK-based trans charity, Gendered Intelligence, have to say about the aforementioned announcement. 

If you are a UK-citizen, I would urge you to sign the petition urging the UK government to actually listen to their own consultation and go ahead with reform, that’s certainly helpful. 

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