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      Transgender rights activists protest

      UK Tories Veto Scottish Gender Bill, Angering Advocates and Independence Movement

      One Scottish National Party leader accused the Tory government of "seeking to stoke a culture war against some of the most marginalized people in society."

      Julia Conley
      Jan 18, 2023

      Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said late Tuesday that her government will "inevitably" challenge the United Kingdom in court after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative government vetoed a recently passed LGBTQ+ rights bill—a move that critics say will harm both the LGBTQ+ community and the state of democracy across the United Kingdom.

      Weeks after the Scottish Parliament passed its Gender Recognition Reform Bill, the U.K. secretary of state for Scotland, Alister Jack, announced Tuesday that the government was for the first time invoking section 35 of the Scotland Act to veto the legislation, arguing the bill deals with a matter "reserved" for British Parliament.

      The bill would lower the age at which people can apply for a gender recognition certificate, allowing people as young as 16 to do so. People would no longer need to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria in order to apply for a certificate, and people 18 and up would have to live as their gender identity rather than their sex assigned at birth for only three months in order to be recognized. Sixteen- and 17-year-olds would need to live as their gender identity for six months. Currently, anyone who wishes to apply for a certificate is required to live as their gender for two years, in addition to being officially diagnosed.

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