Legal gender: Difference between revisions

The [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/7/pdfs/ukpga_20040007_en.pdf Gender Recognition Act 2004] came into effect on the 4th April 2005. Subject to an individuals successful application to the [http://www.justice.gov.uk/tribunals/gender-recognition-panel Gender Recognition Panel], the panel can issue a Gender Recognition Certficate and notify the Registrar General which will establish an entry in the Gender Recognition Register. The Gender Recognition Act 2004 states that in order to qualify for a Gender Recognition Certificate one must be diagnosed by two health professionals with [[Gender Dysphoria]], and that one must be living in the 'acquired gender' and intend to live in said gender for the rest of their lives.