Happy to add my voice to this important thread, yetanother.
I am a transsexual woman who transitioned 45 years ago. With a GRC and amended birth certificate.
The whole debate is dominated by those who do not like the current rules that were carefully crafted in 2004 to protect trans people from hurting themselves or acting without thought that might hurt others.
To alter those you have to prove why.
These rules protect society, particularly women, who have to live with and accommodate those who are franchised by changing gender.
In return for that bond of trust from women it is totally fair and utterly reasonable to expect some demonstration of necessity and sincerity.
The right to ask for evidence is theirs. It is not yours to demand,.
This means you should prove mental stability, your objectivity in knowing what is and is not possible within the realms of biological reality, and to be properly assessed by doctors and psychiatrists to eliminate problems that can be better resolved in other ways.
If those doctors conclude that you should physically adapt your body as far as possible to allow you to integrate into society without limited intrusion then you can be granted special exemption to change gender.
It should be something that is granted by society as it is an extraordinary request. Not assumed to be a free choice.
It should take effort and resolve and not be easy.
This is the rest of your life you are talking about after all.
You want something this badly you should have to prove its necessity.
You should have to demonstrate that you are mentally stable and do not have some treatable psychiatric condition or fetish that might hurt others even with no intent or malice by yourself.
And you should have to prove after a suitable period of time, not five minutes on line, that this transition has cured your dysphoria and you have become a stable contributor to society and not a drain upon it.
If you argue that this is too hard and want to fill out a form, not bother to see a doctor as I don't want to change my body anyway, nor should I have to wait - just give me a new birth certificate, please.
Well that is not enough.
If you want to change the world's perception of you and be accepted by women as a non threatening presence then you should at least be willing to prove that you are doing this as an absolute necessity within your life.
Self ID removes necessary gatekeeping that protects society from misuse and guards the transitioner from their own mistakes.
There is no magic way of 'changing sex'.
You should not expect the world just to believe if you say you have.
You should follow the steps that are in place to make transition safe and monitored for all - including yourself.
Changing 'sex' is not and should not ever be made as easy as changing socks.