Scottish gender recognition reform may have unintended harms for health and healthcare

TheGenderRecognitionReform(Scotland)Bill,which allows people to be “legally recognised in their acquired gender,” is reaching its final stages in the Scottish parliament. At present, people who wish to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC) have to “live in their acquired gender” for two years, and provide medical evidence of a diagnosis of gender dysphoria.1 The Scottish government wants change because “trans people shouldnot have to go through this intrusive process in order to be legally recognised in their lived gender.”2