PRESS RELEASE The British Institute of Human Rights, Amnesty International UK and Liberty   UK: OPPORTUNITY TO REFORM ‘DEHUMANISING’ GENDER RECONITION LAWS WELCOMED Human rights organisations welcome launch of a UK consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act UK currently has a declining trans rights record, slipping from third to fourth in European rankings   The UK’s current gender recognition laws are out-of-date, dehumanising and in need of urgent reform, Amnesty International UK, Liberty and the British Institute of Human Rights have said today (3 July), in a joint statement responding to the launch of a government consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act. The consultation’s launch coincides with the Government’s publication of an LGBT Action Plan 2018, which sets out how ministers aim to tackle discrimination against LGBTI people. Reform to the Gender Recognition Act must form a central part of how the UK…

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