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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Craig Paton

Passing GRA Bill will ‘say who we are as a nation’, says minister

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Passing a Bill to allow transgender Scots to self-identify will “say who we are as a nation”, the Social Justice Secretary has said.

The controversial legislation was published on Thursday, and would reduce the time a trans person would have to live in their acquired gender from two years to three months, followed by another three-month reflection period.

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