“Since launching a consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act over two years ago, the government has failed to deliver on trans rights or to address rising hate crime. Anti-trans bullying and harassment have increased, and access to healthcare and wider services has worsened.
“This response is too little too late. It commits the government to reductions in bureaucracy and cost which will deliver small improvements to current processes for gender recognition.
“But more must be done to review and simplify the lengthy and humiliating process of acquiring a gender recognition certificate. The government’s own analysis shows trans people find the current process dehumanising and stressful. Today’s announcement does little to address this.
“Ministers must step up now and support the rights of trans and non-binary people at work – and in wider society.”