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Scottish Trans Alliance. Working for gender identity and gender reassignment equality and rights in Scotland. Part of @LGBTIscotland.
Nov 2, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
The Gender Recognition Reform Bill passed its first vote last Thursday by a wide majority - but what happens next?

🧵Thread on "Stage Two" of the Scottish Parliament bill process and what to expect: Graphic with text reading &... A law that is proposed by the Scottish Government or by an individual MSP is called a “bill”, and bills going through Scottish Parliament progress through three stages - simply called "Stage One", "Stage Two" and "Stage Three".
Apr 4, 2022 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
The EHRC have today published new guidance on single-sex services. The guidance is overwhelmingly focused on how single-sex services might or could exclude trans people from using them. (1/16) This is really disappointing, and doesn’t reflect our experience of working with single-sex service providers for many years across Scotland – they overwhelmingly want to know how to include trans people in their services, not how to exclude us. (2/16)
Sep 7, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Further details on the plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act can be found in the Scottish Government document "A fairer, greener Scotland" gov.scot/publications/f… (on page 50) #PFG #PfG "While the COVID 19 pandemic delayed our work to establish a more straightforward system for obtaining legal gender recognition, trans people should not have to go through a degrading, traumatic and intrusive process to be legally recognised in their gender."
Sep 7, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
In today's #PfG @NicolaSturgeon confirms "in this first year of the parliament, we will introduce the Gender Recognition Reform Bill." She said: "Presiding Officer, I understand that some have sincerely held concerns about this legislation. It is therefore worth stressing I think what it will do, but also what it will not do. It will make the existing process of gender recognition less degrading, intrusive and traumatic."
Sep 2, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Today, the Scottish Government has published its analysis of responses to the consultation on the draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which ran from October 2019 – March 2020. (1/7) This consultation asked individuals and organisations to let the Scottish Government know what they thought about their specific proposals for a bill which would make the process by which trans people can change the sex recorded on our birth certificates easier. (2/7)