Transgender rights

• for many years transsexualism was regarded as a medical condition, there is now more acception that individuals such have the right to choose their gender.
• The 2004 gender recognition act enables people to apply for a gender recognition certificate. This allows them to change their legal gender, acquire a new birth certificate and have their acquires sex recognised in law for all purposes.
• To obtain a gender recognition certificate, they must have spent 2 years transitioning and must apply to a gender recognition panel with medical evidence of a diagnosis of gender dysphoria.