Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill has passed, though the UK government said it may block it.
Scotland has now become the first country in the UK to back a process of self-ID for legally changing gender.
The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, will allow anyone over the age of sixteen to self-ID via a statutory declaration to obtain a new birth certificate, which changes the recording of their registered sex at birth to their chosen gender.
MPS passed the bill by 86 votes to 39, with the bulk of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP and Labour voting for it, along with all of the Greens and Scottish Lib Dem MPs….