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I thought you needed a GRC to change the sex recorded on a passport

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PassingIntoTheWest · 28/11/2019 08:06

But apparently you just need a letter from your GP...?:
[[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251703/Applying_for_a_passport_additional_information.PDF
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment]]data/file/251703/Applyinggforaapassportadditionall_information.PDF

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NonnyMouse1337 · 28/11/2019 08:26

I guess the only thing you need a GRC for is to get a new birth certificate.

Which is baffling because how many times do you need to use your birth certificate?!
Your passport and driving license should suffice for most situations.

NonnyMouse1337 · 28/11/2019 08:24

Trans privilege activists keep bleating about how the current system is soooooo onerous and difficult and that's why it needs to be changed to make everything easier for trans people.

If you only need a GP letter to change the sex on your passport, then what the fuck are they whinging about? What purpose does a GRC actually serve?

And to think at one point I actually believed all the misinformation peddled about by these lobby groups....

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/11/2019 08:18

So if you go to a country where such things are just not recognised in any sense they you are stuffed if you need documentation to prove who you are.

Sexnotgender · 28/11/2019 08:15

And when I say identity I don’t mean the feelings in your head.

Who the fuck thought that was a good idea?

Sexnotgender · 28/11/2019 08:14

That’s insane! That’s an identity document 😱

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PassingIntoTheWest · 28/11/2019 08:14

I couldn't see a publication date or version no. or anything like that on the document. At first, I assumed that it was new, and wondered whether the timing was slightly odd.

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RealityNotEssentialism · 28/11/2019 08:13

You don’t need it for drivers license either. It is self-ID and makes obtaining a GRC almost completely pointless. I guess the only thing you need a GRC for is to get a new birth certificate.

FemaleAndLearning · 28/11/2019 08:13

Thanks for sharing my understanding was that you needed a GRC too not just a doctors letter. Also the change of gender 'is likely to be permanent' , I thought it had to be a oermenant change The language in the document is really awful, birth gender, acquired gender. My passport says sex on it not birth gender. So fed up of this stuff.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/11/2019 08:08

There isn’t any point in having it then is you can just change it? It’s meaningless.

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PassingIntoTheWest · 28/11/2019 08:07

I'm baffled. Isn't this just self-ID? Which, you know, hasn't been introduced.

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wrongsideofhistorymyarse · 28/11/2019 08:06

No. My niece was abl to change sex on her passport before starting testosterone.

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