Mermaids wants a process of gender recognition that is available, and accessible, to all. For this to happen, the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) needs to be reformed. The GRA is the piece of legislation that governs how and who can change their legal gender.  Currently, legal gender recognition isn’t available at all for non-binary people or anyone under 18. Those who can apply (over 18 years old who identify within the binary) need to wait two years and pay £140 for the gender on their birth certificate to be decided by a panel of judges who they never meet. … Continue reading Mermaids’ Manifesto for GRA Reform