Dublin South West Sinn F\u00e9in TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe, speaking on the Gender Recognition Bill in the D\u00e1il, welcomed that the Bill provides a legal framework for trans people to have their gender reflected accurately, but he still has serious concerns over certain unacceptable and unnecessarily cruel provisions in the Bill.<\/p>\n
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIn May of last year I spoke on the broad precursor of this purposed Gender Recognition Bill.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of us agreed that there was a urgent need for a legal framework for trans people to have their gender reflected accurately and at that time I raised a number of concerns, which Sinn F\u00e9in share with transgender individuals and their representative advocacy group.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do recognise that there has been some small changes to this legislation, but unfortunately the Minister for Social Protection has failed to take on board many important concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cSinn F\u00e9in produced a Bill in 2013 that would have given trans people a pathway to legal recognition, without having to jump through unnecessary hoops and wasting psychiatrists and endocrinologists time by having to get official say from a medical expert about what a person\u2019s gender is when they could have just as easily articulated precisely that themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur legislation would not have been downright cruel and forced happily married loving couples to divorce so that one person might have their gender accurately recognised.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a bizarre and cruel approach to effectively force divorce on people who may not want it. It violates people\u2019s basic rights to equality, and that\u2019s before you even get to the details of this and take into account that people will have to separate from their families for at least five years before divorcing.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur legislation was rights based, and we are pleading even at this stage with the government to recognise the gaping and unnecessary flaws in their Bill.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have met with a wide range of groups and individuals on this issue, and it saddens me that their legitimate views have not been listened to or reflected in this Bill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Crowe continued:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not for the Minister or I, or any other person to be the arbiter of a person\u2019s gender identity. Surely it should be up to the person themselves and this should be fully respected and legally recognised by the State.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am calling on the Minister to listen to the legitimate concerns being put forward by those who will be impacted by this legislation and remove the physicians requirement and the single or forced divorce requirement; to provide a legal pathway for recognition for young adults and introduce a mechanism to cater for non-binary individuals that has been omitted from this legislation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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