Thinking things through on the Self-Id issue. I'm finding the double-think hard work I'll be honest. So I've started by trying to pin down the practical steps, using 'What if I wanted to Self-iD as a man?'.
How's it going to work with the Self-iD form? Will I just download it, sign it and then I am a man in society, not just in my head. Or do I have to get it counter-signed? At the Commissioner of Oaths? At my solicitors? May be the Mumsnetter lawyer types could fill me on this?
Will I get a card to flash at the staff on the door at the local Lido in the summertime, that says "This is a man" so I can change in the men's changing rooms? Or do I just walk on in and have a face to face argument if challenged by someone?
Bodywise I'm peri-menopausal woman and as there is no need to change anything physically for Self-iD I think that there a number of questions. Will GP going to let me have HRT if I need it if I tell them at the doctors that I am a man? Or do I have to carry on presenting as a woman at the doctors for the NHS to issue appointments for cervical cancer screening, mammograms, and gynaecology consults? Therefore society will be recognising me as both, simultaneously.
Thinking ahead, and will I get a better annuity rate at retirement? As statistically men don't live as long as women, they generally get a better annuity income than women.
Can anyone cast any light on these situations?