Blocking Scotland's gender reforms would be 'disgraceful and indefensible', says Nicola Sturgeon
The length of time a person must live in their new gender will also be cut from two years to three months – or six months for 16 and 17-year-olds – with a further three-month “self-reflection period” before a gender recognition certificate is issued.
“If there is a decision to challenge, then in my view it will be quite simply a political decision. And I think it will be using trans people, already one of the most vulnerable and stigmatised groups in our society, as a political weapon, and I think that will be unconscionable and indefensible and really quite disgraceful.”
“I would say to anyone who might welcome that because they disagree with this particular piece of legislation: if the UK Government is able to normalise action to block legislation democratically passed by the Scottish Parliament within our areas of competence on this issue, then that will embolden them to look to do it on other issues, and we’ll be on a very, very slippery slope indeed.”
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