Today the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee considered our petition for a second time. We are pleased that the Committee has decided to keep the petition open and welcome the next steps agreed by members. These include seeking further…
Month: March 2022
Making law in the dark
The Scottish Government argues that its proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA), which open up Gender Recognition Certificates (GRC) to a much larger, more diverse group of people, do not affect who can access to single sex…
MBM response to the introduction of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Today’s statement and the response in Parliament lays to rest any argument that legislation in this area should not be properly debated. We were pleased that MSPs across the Chamber recognised that this Bill needs to be scrutinised like any…
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Gender recognition reform: 14 unanswered questions
1. What are the legal effects of a Gender Recognition Certificate? The Scottish Government has not explained on what basis it believes that a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) confers no new rights, has no implications for other people, or why…
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