Transgender People – Gender Recognition

The Gender Recognition Act 2004 allows transgender people to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate. The GR certificate enables you to have a new birth certificate issued showing your acquired gender rather than your gender as assigned at birth.

For you to be eligible to apply you must …

•      intend to live in your acquired gender permanently,
•      be 18 years old or over,
•      have, of have had a diagnosis of gender dysphoria by a gender specialist, though there is no     requirement for you to have undergone gender reassignment surgery
•      have permanently lived in your true gender for at least two years (this period is also referred to as ‘real life experience’)

For more information and support please get in touch with us by emailing rights@lgbtyouth.org.uk or contact our colleagues at the Scottish Transgender Alliance on 07020 933 952 or www.scottishtrans.org

Resources & Enquiries

     The Gender Recognition Panel - 0845 355 5155 or grpenquiries@tribunals.gsi.gov.uk
     Application form and users’ guide for gender recognition here and here
     Press for Change’s one-stop-shop website for information about the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the processes involved in gender recognition - www.gra-info.org.uk