Generational divide among Scots over gender recognition reform, poll shows
dailyrecord.co.ukSNP /Green Government would simplify the process for someone to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC). A person would no longer have to produce a medical diagnosis of dysphoria and the time period for living in an acquired gender would be shortened.Supporters believe reform is long overdue, but critics believe the changes pose a threat to women’s sex based rights.
A Survation poll commissioned by BBC Scotland sought the views of 2,038 people on a range of questions on transgender issues.
Asked about making the process to acquire a GRC easier, 57% were supportive and 20% were in opposition.Females were more likely than males to support GRC reform, with a split of 63% to 49%.Nearly three quarters of 16-34 year olds - 70% - backed the move, while it was 46% in the 55+ age group.On the proposal to remove the requirement for a medical diagnosis, 40% supported the measure, opposition stood at 38%, 14% said they had no opinion, and 8% did not know.On reducing the time applicants must live in their acquired gender from two years to six months, 44% were in opposition, while 37% backed the proposal.On the plan to reduce the minimum age a person can apply for legal gender recognition from 18 to 16, the poll found majority opposition.In a sign most people have not switched on to the discussion about trans rights, 67% said they had not been following the debate closely.The Gender Recognition Action Reform bill is expected to come before Holyrood early next month.Professor Sir John Curtice, who has studied the results of the poll, told the BBC: “There are two obvious characteristics of us as a society on transgender men and women."The first is that we are pretty evenly divided on many of the arguments we are having such as.
