GNI MAG ISSUE 42

FEATURE // REFORM

REFORM // THE GENDER RECOGNITION ACT “REQUIRING TRANS PEOPLE TO SUBMIT TESTIMONY FROM A SUITABLE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WHO CAN ATTEST THAT THE TRANS PERSON IS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL DISORDER CALLED ‘GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER.’ MANY TRANS PEOPLE FIND THIS REQUIREMENT TO STATE THE THEY ARE MENTALLY ILL IS OFFENSIVE, STIGMATISING AND OUT OF SYNC WITH HUMAN RIGHTS.”

JOHN O’DOHERTY THE RAINBOW PROJECT SIXTY EIGHT // GNIMAG.COM