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In the run up to the Gender Recognition Act in 2003 the government estimated that there were 5,000 transsexuals in the UK, thats 10 in 100,000 adults or 0.01%
Around 5,500 GRCs have been issued to date
https://a-question-of-consent.net/2020/11/10/on-numbers-and-rights/
In the run up to the Gender Recognition Act in 2003 the government estimated that there were 5,000 transsexuals in the UK, thats 10 in 100,000 adults or 0.01%
Around 5,500 GRCs have been issued to date
https://a-question-of-consent.net/2020/11/10/on-numbers-and-rights/
In the run up to the consultation on self ID in 2018 the government said there were up to 500,000 trans people in the UK - thats 1% of adults
The @Commonswomequ is now asking "Why is the number of people applying for GRCs so low ?"
The @Commonswomequ is now asking "Why is the number of people applying for GRCs so low ?"
In 2003 the 5,000 figure was based on people who had changed their details with the DVLA, passport office or HMRC, based on work by pressure group Press for Change
The 2018 government estimate is based on work by pressure GIRES to estimate the number of "gender variant" people
The 2018 government estimate is based on work by pressure GIRES to estimate the number of "gender variant" people
In 2003 the government was trying to draw a bright line between transsexualism and transvestitism
They mainly thought the GRA was targeting people who would have genital surgery to relieve extreme psychological discomfort
How many people have had such surgeries?
Best estimates suggest a few hundred are carried out in the UK each year, meaning that there are a few thousand people who have had these procedures
Best estimates suggest a few hundred are carried out in the UK each year, meaning that there are a few thousand people who have had these procedures
The vast majority of GIRES estimate are people who have not had surgery and have no intention to.
That is their right of course.
Wear what you want etc...
Everyone has equal rights
That is their right of course.
Wear what you want etc...
Everyone has equal rights
The Equality Act protects this much larger group.
But the key question that the government must give clarity on is what does this protection mean?
What are the equal rights?
But the key question that the government must give clarity on is what does this protection mean?
What are the equal rights?
Does it mean, as Stonewall tell our employers that any male who says he is trans should be allowed into women's toilets & changing rooms, hospital wards, refuges, women's prisons, women's sports etc...
Or does it just mean they shouldn't be fired or harassed?
Or does it just mean they shouldn't be fired or harassed?
Service providers generally dont know if an individual is part of the tiny minority with a GRC and/or surgery or larger group without (& there is nothing they could do w that info anyway)
They can be more inclusive to all by providing unisex alternative facilities.
They can be more inclusive to all by providing unisex alternative facilities.
