What is Gender Recognition Act 2004?
[[Image:World_concerning_gender_identity-expression_laws.png|thumb|Gender Legality Laws across the world]] The '''Gender Recognition Act 2004'''<ref>The citation of this Act by this [[short title]] is authorised by [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/7/section/29 section 29] of this Act.</ref> is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] that allows people who have [[gender dysphoria]] to change their [[legal gender]]. It came into effect on 4 April 2005. The [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] (EHRC) appreciated the challenges to married transsexual people and their partners presented by Schedule 2 of the Act and in a recent submission to government<ref>[http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/Documents/Briefings/ICCPR.doc Submission on the United Kingdom's sixth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]. Equality and Human Rights Commission. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002162312/http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/Documents/Briefings/ICCPR.doc |date=2 October 2008 }}</ref> they recommend: <blockquote>The government amends the Gender Recognition Act to allow for the automatic conversion of a marriage into a civil partnership upon one member of the couple obtaining a gender recognition certificate.</blockquote> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:2000s Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:LGBTQ politics in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:2004 in the United Kingdom]]