Ryan Castellucci (they/them) Mar 19, 2024

The UK has approved the updated list of countries/territories they'll recognize legal gender corrections from.

They've purged pretty much anywhere that has self-id.

It's still possible to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate under the old list for "21 days", but I am not sure when that clock starts/started.

Nobody has even been accused of abusing the process, the change to the list was spearheaded by Kemi Badenoch for the sole purpose of hurting transgender people.

https://statutoryinstruments.parliament.uk/instrument/ZUg8pbz0/timeline/jRol4wj1

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@ryanc I don't understand how this kinda stuff even works in that like. living as a trans woman in Canada, I don't have any legal documentation that says im trans, that im male or that i ever was male

like what happens if i move to the UK and all my ID just says F on it? there's no gender correction to fail to recognize, because there's no documentation of a correction. there's only documentation of my current gender marker. do they just clock people to put the wrong marker on their ID without taking into account what their existing documentation says or what......
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Show threadRyan Castellucci (they/them) Mar 20, 2024
@star That situation is legally ambiguous. In practice, you'd be female, but it might be possible for someone to dispute it in a weird edge case where it mattered.
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@ryanc how strange. what am i missing about how this legislation works? is it just more normative than i expected that in other territories, your assigned sex is maintained on your documentation even after you get the marler changed?

also:

"A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen."

ew!
Show threadRyan Castellucci (they/them) Mar 20, 2024
@star There is no legislation that explicitly defines legal gender for a person without a British birth certificate as far as I'm aware.