Wales has announced plans to become the “most LGBTQ+ friendly nation in Europe” by copying a process similar to Scotland’s self-ID legislation to make it easier to change gender.
On Tuesday, the Labour-run Welsh government, in cooperation with the left-wing Plaid Cymru political party, announced its LGBTQ+ Action Plan (pdf), calling for new powers to make it easier to legally change gender.
Wales aims to follow Scotland, which became the UK’s first country to back a self-ID process for legally changing gender, when it passed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill in December.
However, in late January, the UK Parliament triggered a constitutional row by blocking the radical gender reforms passed by the Scottish Government, the first time it had sought such an order. Scottish Secretary Alister Jack previously said that he had concerns that the bill has “safety issues for women and children.”…