MSPs to vote on changes to gender reforms<br /><br />MSPs will begin voting on final changes to gender recognition reforms at Holyrood later.<br /><br />The Scottish government legislation is aimed at simplifying and speeding up the process for trans people to change their legally recognised gender.<br /><br />Supporters say the reforms will make the process less intrusive, bureaucratic and medicalised.<br /><br />Critics say they could put vulnerable young people at risk and undermine protections for women and girls.<br /><br />Supporters and opponents of the bill have started gathering outside Holyrood ahead of the voting process getting under way.<br />Around 150 amendments have been put forward, with MSPs expected to sit late into the evening, and a final crunch vote scheduled for Wednesday<br /><br />The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill removes the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria to acquire a gender recognition certificate (GRC).<br /><br />It cuts the need to live in their acquired gender from two years to three months, with a further three month period of reflection, and it lowers the age for applicants from 18 to 16.<br />
