MPs oppose ‘deeply disturbing’ amendments to trans data bill

A cross-party group of MPs have condemned proposed amendments to the UK’s Data Bill, which could result in trans people being forcibly outed or erased from public record.

Changes to the Data (Use and Access) Bill, proposed by Tory MP Ben Spencer, would force public authorities that collect information on members of the public to provide data based on sex at birth rather than up-to-date documentation.

If passed, the amendments would force institutions such as the NHS and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to update records to match sex at birth rather than that documented on gender recognition certificates (GRCs), which allow trans people to update their legally recognised gender.

This could out every transgender person listed on public records, as well as purge data

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