Following the emergence of high profile “transgender women” Caitlin Jenner, Kelly Maloney, Munroe Bergdorf...,
discussions about transgenderism have become a regular topic for mainstream news outlets.
This has coincided with the proposed reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. The government’s consultation
about proposed changes to the G.R.A. which ended a few months ago was proposing to introduce what
has been called “sex self-id.” (for sex self-identification), aiming to simplify the process for transgender people
to “legally change their gender”, potentially enabling anyone to self-identify as the gender of their choice by
simply ticking a box, with no professional assessment of gender dysphoria, no social transition, medical
transition or surgery being requested from the applicant.
Feminists have questioned publicly whether trans politics poses any concerns for women and girls highlighting
the clash of rights existing between women and “transwomen” (Fairplay For Women, 2019, Woman’s Place
UK, 2019). If men who transition can legally become women, it becomes impossible for women to maintain
women’s right of access to sex-segregated spaces and services exclusively for females. (Equality Act 2010).
