Gender Recognition Act 2004

The Gender Recognition Act 2004[1] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allows people who have gender dysphoria to change their legal gender. It came into effect on 4 April 2005.

Gender Legality Laws across the world

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) appreciated the challenges to married transsexual people and their partners presented by Schedule 2 of the Act and in a recent submission to government[2] they recommend:

The government amends the Gender Recognition Act to allow for the automatic conversion of a marriage into a civil partnership upon one member of the couple obtaining a gender recognition certificate.

References
  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 29 of this Act.
  2. Submission on the United Kingdom's sixth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Equality and Human Rights Commission. Archived 2 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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