Parliament report: Two small victories for trans activists

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Parliament report: Two small victories for trans activists

By Jane Fae • July 13, 2010 - 16:12

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/07/13/parliament-report-two-small-victories-for-trans-activists/

Trans activists were celebrating a double victory last week. A rather clumsy proposal to "help" the transgendered by outing them was kicked into touch. Meanwhile, one member of the coalition government hinted publicly that it might be time to remove gender entirely from official documents, unless it was genuinely necessary.

Both events took place on Tuesday during debate on the Identity Documents Bill, which sets out the coalition's position on identity cards and is currently at the committee stage in the House of Commons.

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I can't understand why gender is included so often on so many documents. It isn't relevant any more than race is.