This looks it will be a lively debate (link below for event).
In July the government announced a consultation on their proposal to ‘demedicalise’ the process of changing gender, so that people can self-identify the gender they choose, without any need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
But what exactly is ‘gender’, and what will be the impact of self-identification on women and on women’s rights?
Will this reform spell the end to single-sex spaces and the provision of single sex services, such as those provided by rape crisis centres and women’s refuges?
I can't attend but would if I could given the proposed changes to the law about (amongst other things) Trans gender women roles in women's refuge and domestic abuse centres.
I imagine this post will provoke some comment. I should say that I really support the right of people to transition and to be accepted in their new identity.
As someone however who is receiving support from a domestic abuse charity I would be unhappy to experience advice and support from someone who wasn't born a woman. It would be hugely triggering apart from anything else.
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