THE Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has said there is no “objectively evidenced prospect” of gender reform causing harm to women after a UN Special Rapporteur wrote to the UK Government to express concerns about the legislation.
The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill has now reached the final stage of parliamentary scrutiny.
If passed, the bill would shorten the amount of time transgender people have to live in their acquired gender from two years to three months before becoming eligible to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate (which allows them to change the gender on their birth certificate).
