The British government has rejected a number of recommendations to reform the Gender Recognition Act including a system of self-declaration. In a December 2021 report from the Women and Equalities Committee, cross-party MPs called for reform to the 2004 Gender Recognition Act, with the Committee’s Chair, Caroline Nokes MP, stating that the Act was “crying out for modernisation.” This included removing the diagnosis of gender dysphoria and the requirement to have lived in the acquired gender for a set period of time. On Thursday, the Government responded by saying that the balance struck in the legislation was correct, in that there are “proper checks and balances in the system for people who want to change their legal sex.” “The evidential and diagnosis requirements in the GRA ensure that the process is rigorous and provides assurance that the system is robust, whilst offering provision for people who wish to change their …