Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - politics Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailTory ministers look poised to shelve major reforms making it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender. A source claimed big changes to the Gender Recognition Act will be delayed indefinitely after they became embroiled in a row. The government vowed in 2017 to end the need for trans people to get a medical diagnosis to change their legal gender. "It’s important the UK Government remains committed to trans equality and to reforming the Gender Recognition Act." A Government Equalities Office spokesperson said: "It is vital that the next steps on any potential reform of the Gender Recognition Act are carefully planned, and have the right backing.

Source: Daily Mirror March 20, 2020 21:00 UTC