Is there any way to change the name on my school certificates? (GCSE's and GNVQ's)
I've had a look at edexcel's website and its basically saying point blank no, you can't do it. But I'm wondering if anyone has managed to achieve this and how they did it?

I really don't want to go through the rest of my life having to out myself and dredge up the past every time I want a new job. It's especially worrying me as I want to join the armed forces once I've had all my operations and I've heard they sit you in a room full of people before a certain examination you have to take and go round you all one at a time checking your certificates and things.

I'm not sure about secondary and tertiary school qualifications, I think it's down to each individual exam board, I'm now looking into getting my university certificate reissued, so I'll let you know how I get on

Ok thanks 

a friend from the UK who knows about such matters tells me...

Bottom line is yes - Edexcel do not make the law of the land - that is made by parliament and parliament has decreed that ONCE YOU HAVE A GENDER RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE - they CAN NOT REFUSE. To refuse the holder of a gender recognition certificate would be illegal under both the Gender recognition act 2004 and the Equalities act 2010 - However UNTIL you have fulfilled the requirements for gender recognition it is open to discretion...

But the point is the answer on the website only applies pre-gender recognition - once you apply for and get that certificate in fact the reverse applies and it becomes a criminal offence for you NOT to alter them - so they HAVE to do it by law!

this is because the GRC effectively wipes out your previous identity and so all official documentation then has to be amended as if you had been born in your acquired gender as anyone who finds out your previous identity without your consent actually commits a serious offence under the act.

Thankyou very much, sounds like its going to be a bit of a hassle but at least I know now it can be done.

my uni wants proof of surgery (as seemingly they don't recognise the legitimacy of a GRC) and £50...

just read the 2010 Equalities Act, it says 'A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to a qualifications body.'  The word reasonable is a bit of a get out for them...

Rachel, my friend in the UK has said:

QuoteThe gender recognition act 2004, which I has direct input into, is the law of the land. A qualification body simply CANNOT choose to ignore a legal document - which a GRC is. If they do they are in contempt of parliament and the courts and you could play merry hell with them on that account. What usually is the case is that there is a special person who will know the process and the junior oiks on the phone will talk rubbish - so first you need to get through to the right person - and then you need to remind them that is UK law of the land - once you have an amended birth cert and and a GRC you are fully covered by the privacy provisions of the gender recognition act. This means that in refusing to update your details they are committing a criminal act. That cannot be allowed and no court would find in their favour. Its and act of parliament - they cant just pick and choose which bits they obey!

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