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Yeah, there's no legal difference between the two, because you don't need surgery to get... to self—identify in a particular way, or even to get a gender recognition certificate in this country. but i'm saying that there's a practical difference, because... so, you asked me what the problems were, and there are a range of problems — but if we focus on spaces where women get undressed, are vulnerable to sexual assault, and sexual assault by males is a problem for women in those spaces, somebody who has had absolutely no physical alteration, who looks male, you know, and we are hard—wired,...

I've got a flat, i've got a girlfriend, two cats and a family. the couple, who are both 24, support reform of scotland's gender recognition act to make it less intrusive. you need to have so much evidence, it's really invasive and it puts you in a position of being mentally and physically exhausted with having to do it. but zac feels it's important to be sure. i definitely support it. i think people who are younger, they need to explore themselves. they need to get to know themselves. like, i didn't even know whatjob i wanted to do when i was 16. some people might not even know that, let alone...

Ias they willjust stand up and say, i "oh, but i self—identify as a woman, i am allowed to be in this space." but some scottish women's advocacy groups highlight that trans women already access services like rape and domestic violence support. we have no concerns about the proposed reforms. we know that trans women access women's services anyway. we do not believe there are any proposed changes in the bill that will impact on single sex spaces, which already operate on a basis of self—id. the scottish government is likely to bring this bill to parliament in the next few weeks. some people ...

I think people who are younger, they need to explore themselves. they need to get to know themselves. like, i didn't even know whatjob i wanted to do when i was 16. some people might not even know that, let alone what gender they want to sit in for the rest of their life. in a poll commissioned by the bbc, more than half of those questioned were in favour of making it easier to get a gender recognition certificate. a fifth opposed it. but on some of the specific proposals, opinion was more finely balanced. there were almost equal levels of support and opposition for allowing transgender people...

Single—sex spaces, such as changing rooms. 35% said they should be able to do so only if they'd legally changed sex and had gender reassignment surgery. 28% said this should be allowed even if they had not had surgery. for some people, this is a fundamental and polarising issue, with protests on both sides. we believe these proposals to bring in self—identification will mean - that we will not be able to confront any male that is in _ within our changing rooms. we might actually be breaking the law, be perceived - as being transphobic, - by questioning why a male was there as they willjust...