What Can be Understood from the UK Government's Decision to Block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill and Why
Yesterday this decision and statement were made public on the GOV.UK website . Though some parts seem confusing due to language, at least. According to UK Government, the decision was made due to the adverse effects arising from the Bill and its significant impact on GB-wide equality matters. This is not about changing the rights of transgender people. Still, it does detail some impactful ways a Transgender person could be discriminated against, particularly recent news about people being in single-sex safe spaces and how GRC (Gender Recognition Certificate) could be obtained from Scotland outside of the country and put the safeguarding of other trans people at risk if the application turns out to be for fraudulent, illegal or unsafe purposes. The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Reverse the decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill”. The response to the petition can be found below. UK Government Response to the petition The Petitions C...