The history books will see Theresa May as a bigger trans ally than Keir Starmer

'Only time will tell what legacy Keir Starmer chooses to leave behind if he reaches Downing Street. But one thing’s for sure – the LGBTQ+ community will continue to fight for their rights.' ✍️ UglaStefania writes for MetroOpinion

As a trans person in the UK, it’s incredibly frustrating to watch how we have become a political football for leaders of both main parties – to see how easy they seem to find it to throw us under the bus when convenient.Party is the latest to let down the LGBTQ+ community – dropping plans to introduce self-identification for trans people.

The GRA, first passed in 2004, allows trans people to apply for a gender recognition certificate – which trans people can then use to change their birth certificate to reflect their lived identity. This in itself is humiliating, and puts the lives of trans people in the hands of medical professionals, who may or may not hold outdated and arbitrarySo while it was pleasing to read Dodds’s promise of ‘reform’, in the same article she criticises the Scottish Government for their own attempt to modernise the gender recognition process.

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