The Government has officially dropped its plans to make it much easier for people in England and Wales to change legal sex.
It originally consulted on enabling people to ‘change sex’ by self-identification back in October 2018, removing the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and to have lived as though a member of the opposite sex for at least two years.
Following widespread opposition, Equalities Minister Liz Truss has now announced the only changes will be to reduce the £140 fee needed to receive a gender recognition certificate to a nominal amount, and to move the application process online. She also confirmed the rights for service providers to protect single-sex spaces would remain in place....