UK: Tory attorney general won't rule out changing Equality Act to attack trans rights
While long-promised and life-saving reforms to gender recognition law have basically been scrapped by Downing Street, the Scottish government is pushing ahead with reforms to the Gender Recognition Act to make it easier for trans people to get a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), the document that can then be used to update the gender marker on a birth certificate.
But in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Braverman suggested plans to interfere with Holyrood’s reforms.
She said: “I think there are incredibly serious implications of what the Scottish government is proposing, and I will be considering whether there are constitutional issues.
“Effectively the Scottish parliament, if this is enacted, will be approving a form of self-identification. And we will have a two-tier system within the United Kingdom.
“I can’t foresee how that is workable, whereby north of the border, you may be able to self-identify but a bit south of the border that might not be recognised. What effects does that have on our public institutions, our state? It is incredibly worrying and causes a huge amount of uncertainty.”
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/04/suella-braverman-attorney-general-gender-recognition-act-scotland/
