British PM may block Scottish gender law, says government review 'completely reasonable'
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Scotland's new law shortens the time in which an individual must live as their new gender and lowers the age, increasing the ease with which one can legally self-identify.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) passed new gender recognition laws that would allow residents as young as 16 to change their legal gender by signing a declaration after three months – or three months for 16 and 17-year-olds – instead of two years. Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
Critics claim that the bill will challenge single-sex spaces and pose problems for women and girls, according to FRANCE 24, but the Scottish government insists that the bill will not contradict the UK’s Equality Act, which allows for the exclusion of transgender people from certain single-sex spaces.