The following is a letter from GRP regarding refusal of a recognition certificate.
Maybe I should mail them a nude photo showing all my lady bits.
DECISION
The certificate is refused.
REASONS
Ms. $^ has applied for a gender recognition certificate under section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. In order to satisfy the requirements for a gender recognition certificate under this sub-section, the applicant must show that she has changed her gender under the law of a country outside of the United Kingdom. In other words, she must show that there is a law equivalent to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in the country in which she resides, under which the state has changed her gender. This is normally evidenced by a legal document from a court acting under the powers granted by that law.
Ms #$@#% resides in Canada, where there are laws under which her gender can be changed. However, the evidence she has produced does not show that this is what has happened. Her evidence only shows that she has changed her name, had surgery to change the outward appearance of her sexual characteristics and goes under a female identity. This is not the same as showing that her gender has been changed by law. The requirements for granting a certificate under section 1(1)(b) are not satisfied. The certificate was accordingly refused.
Panel Member Name: grplm1008
Date: 28 April 2010