How Possible Changes To The Gender Recognition Act Prompted A Toxic Debate
(World News UK)

It’s been a vitriolic few months since the government launched a consultation around potential changes to the Gender Recognition Act. A fierce, and at times unpleasant, debate has raged both on and offline involving transgender campaigners and some of the feminist community. The crux of the disagreement is around how transgender people legally have their gender recognised. While the existing Gender Recognition Act allows trans people to receive legal recognition of their gender through a set process, only a small proportion of trans people actually go through the bureaucratic process. Since 2004 when the act became law, only 4,910 people have legally changed their gender. This is...