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Tranarchy in the UK: Questions about GRC and immigration (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/transgender@lemmy.ml

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I am a cisgender man with dual citizenship between the USA and the UK. My husband is a transgender man who does not have UK citizenship.

As part of our threat modeling, we are developing a shortlist of nations where we would migrate if things get rough. The UK, while being on a worrisome trend line with regards ro trans rights, made the list because it would be relatively simple for us to move and work there with my citizenship already sorted.

Could any UK trans people help us to understand the GRC? My husband has fully transitioned with respect to his US documentation. When we married, he was also a man. Since all his documents match, could he get by without a GRC, or would he be forced through the humiliation of immigrating as his birth-sex and then acquiring a GRC once we moved? Would a GRC be necessary to receive basic healthcare and/or hormones?

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[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 1 points 6 days ago

No, the GRC isn't required to get hormones, but you will either have to wait a long time to see the GIC/Trans Plus, hope that a doctor will continue any prescritpion you already had or go private such as with Gender G.P. (they cost a lot to set up or learn new things and they require blood tests every three months though), or go DIY if you want and order/make it all yourself.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The GRC is only necessary to change your birth certificate (including sex) if you're a already a UK citizen and for some limited governmental stuff (such as national insurance number and other HMRC stuff and marriages/civil partnerships), everything else can be gotten by with other documentation like passports and driving licenses etc.

Everywhere else doesn't require a birth certificate to change your sex just either whatever is already on your documentation or you can get a doctor to write a letter for you so you can change it anywhere you don't require a GRC for.