Should we remove gender reassignment as a protected characteristic from the Equality Act?
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 allows adults to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate changing their legal gender for most purposes including birth certificates after medical diagnosis and two years living in the acquired gender. A 2025 Supreme Court ruling established that sex in the Equality Act 2010 means biological sex at birth and a GRC does not alter this for single-sex services or spaces. The updated EHRC Code of Practice confirms trans people retain gender reassignment protections but sex remains biological. The Labour government has committed to reforming the GRA to simplify it while retaining a dysphoria diagnosis but has not yet introduced legislation.
1 Opinion
Unless the person has confirmed dysphoria then reassignment is not needed. 90% of the transformers are men with serious issues that need a stay in an asylum.