Labour Vows to Simplify Gender Transition but Backs Down on Self-ID

Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds speaks on the first day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, on Sept. 25, 2022. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images

Labour has vowed to make it easier for people to change their gender but has backed down on the idea of allowing self-identification without a medical diagnosis.

Writing in The Guardian, Labour Party chair and shadow equalities secretary Anneliese Dodds said her party “will modernise, simplify and reform the gender recognition law” and will “remove invasive bureaucracy and simplify the process.”