'Exclusion is not the same as outright denial of service.'
The Scottish Government’s planned reforms to the Gender Recognition Act of 2004, which will make the process of updating a birth certificate less humiliating and invasive for trans people, has major support from diversity and women’s groups following large scale consultations.remains steadfast in her opposition.
In fact, these the vast majority of these services have functioned through self-identification of the user for over a decade. Several races later, I hovered the cursor over a female character in a cool blue racing suit, and said casually in the presence of my cousin, without fear of repercussion, ‘I would like to be a girl just like her.’
Growing up with this and my abuser’s behaviour, I empathise with women like Rowling, who say they have legitimate concerns around the potential presence of men in spaces for women. It’s something that many trans people can relate to: A 2015 US survey, one of the largest of its kind, found that 54% trans people had experienced intimate partner violence in their lives.As an adult, I went through a series of toxic relationships with cisgender men that ended in emotional, and at times sexual and physical abuse.
It was far more than I or anyone else should have to handle – despite it just being a phone call, I hung up before I reached anyone.
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