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Tuesday 4 May 2021

Cheap Certificate



The Government has today (Tuesday 4 May) delivered on its pledge to reduce the fee of applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC).

In response to the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act, Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, committed to modernising the process of applying for a GRC, reducing the £140 fee and moving the process online, making it fairer and simpler.

From today, applicants will be only required to pay £5, ensuring the process is more affordable and remedying one of the key issues that was identified by transgender people in the GRA consultation and the National LGBT Survey.

To my political nose there is a whiff of care in the community about this. Give us a fiver, you get what you want, now go away and don't bother us. Not a bad move really. For now, but it's always for now. 

4 comments:

Ed P said...

For some 'on the alphabet', this could cost £5 per week, "I can't remember, was I a G or an L when I received my GRC?"

DiscoveredJoys said...

"I believe Constable that you are being unfairly discriminatory about my type of people. Let me find this weeks most appropriate certificate."

Sam Vega said...

GRC = Girls' Real Cocks.

A K Haart said...

Ed - maybe some kind of subscription would be required, linked to a text or email alert telling people which gender they are that week.

DJ - that could work via an app which rapidly changes your gender to that which is currently most oppressed. At a fiver a go it could easily be better than a fine or worse.

Sam - or GRC = Genetic Reality Cancelled. Another aspect of cancel culture.