Violet unless I'm mistaken under the new reforms a man can self identify as a woman and that will be it, that's the point of the reforms, to make it easier for trans identified people, and if Ian Huntley says he is a woman under the reforms it will be a hate crime to deny this
No, the reforms will mean that in order to get a GRC, a person will not need to get approval of a doctor (as is the current position). So it will be easier to obtain a GRC, but many trans people do not bother getting a GRC in any event.
There are already protections in place under the Equality Act which prevent discrimination of trans people. It is not a 'hate crime' to say that someone was born male and I have not read any legislative proposals to say it will be. This will not change with the reforms.
Getting a GRC does not entitle a prisoner to be moved to a female prison. It will be considered on a case by case basis. I have explained upthread that the position in Scotland is already more relaxed than the post-reform English one will be, yet we do not have reports of violent males flooding into female prisons there.