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# Women and Equalities committee call for urgent GRA reforms
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/women-and-equalities-committee-call-for-urgent-gra-reforms/
- Published: 2021-12-23T10:10:16.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-23T09:30:35.000Z
- Description: The committee has urged the government to reform the GRA after failing to do so and then abandoning reforms in 2020.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Gender Recognition Act, GRA, LGBTQ, Liz Truss, Non-binary, Trans Rights, Transgender

An [inquiry](https://committees.parliament.uk/work/658/reform-of-the-gender-recognition-act/publications/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) by the Women and Equalities committee, headed by Conservative MP Caroline Nokes, has urged the government to reform the Gender Recognition Act after failing to do so and then [abandoning reforms in 2020](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/liz-truss-announces-response-to-the-consultation-of-gender-recognition-act/). In the 113-page inquiry, the committee calls for improved trans rights, which includes removing the need for trans people to receive a diagnosis of gender dysphoria before they can be legally recognised by 2023.

Based on an *“unprecedented amount of evidence submitted to a House of Commons select committee”*, the inquiry also suggests eliminating the legal requirement that trans people live in their *“acquired gender”* for two years before they can obtain official recognition. Other requests include establishing a more effective healthcare system for trans and non–binary people, and reviewing the *“currently opaque”* Gender Recognition Panel.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/trans-rightss-1.jpg)

In a statement, [Nokes](https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/328/women-and-equalities-committee/news/160020/gender-recognition-process-urgently-in-need-of-reform-say-mps/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) said that the GRA is *“crying out for modernisation”*, adding: *“The government’s failure to implement even these changes – made clear in its consultation – suggest its lack of willingness to engage…Being trans is not an illness. It is imperative that the government de-medicalise the process of gender recognition by removing the outdated requirement for a gender dysphoria diagnosis.”*