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The removal of the requirement for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria and supporting medical evidence.
Please share your thoughts on this issue
I am glad this is part of the bill. Applying for a GRC is not a medical process. Trans people should be trusted about who they are and not subject to uninvited scrutiny by the medical profession.
Provisions enabling applicants to make a statutory declaration that they have lived in the acquired gender for a minimum of three months (rather than the current period of two years) and that they intend to live permanently in their acquired gender.
Please share your thoughts on these provisions
I support this aspect of the bill.
Whether applications should be made to the Registrar General for Scotland instead of the Gender Recognition Panel, a UK Tribunal.
Please share your thoughts on this issue
I support this aspect of the bill. Applying for a GRC is an administrative process and not a medical one.
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Proposals that applications are to be determined by the Registrar General after a further period of reflection of at least three months.
Please share your thoughts on these proposals
I do not agree with this aspect of the bill. My trans friends tell me that applying for a GRC would only be undertaken after substantial consideration and reflection. A 'further period of reflection' is an uncecesarry delay.
Whether the minimum age for applicants for obtaining a GRC should be reduced from 18 to 16.
Please share your thoughts on this issue
I agree with this aspect of the bill. Young trans people should be trusted about who they are.