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<p>The Government Equalities Office is currently preparing the consultation on reform
of the Gender Recognition Act, which will be published in due course. The responses
to this consultation will be taken into account before deciding how to best reform
the Gender Recognition Act 2004. <br> <br> Under the current Gender Recognition Act,
trans people can change their legal gender by submitting a medical diagnosis of gender
dysphoria, alongside other documentation including a second report from a medical
professional, proof of having lived for at least two years in their acquired gender,
and a statutory declaration that they intend to live in the acquired gender until
death.</p><p>We are currently considering options for how we might we reform the current
system, including examining how we could de-medicalise the legal process for changing
gender.</p><p>The Gender Recognition Act does not, and will not, regulate the status
of gender dysphoria as a mental health condition, as listed in medical handbooks.
However, we are very clear that we do not consider being transgender to be a mental
illness.</p>
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