Gender Recognition Statistics

Brief Summary

Statistics on gender recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
• Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
applications.

Quarterly Official Statistics Summary

Official statistics from the Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
• Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
Panel are released quarterly in Tribunal and Gender Recognition Statistics Quarterly.

The most recent statistics go up to the end of June 2015. The key points are –

• A total of 100 applications were received by the Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
  • Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
  Panel (GRP) in April to June 2015 (highest since 2009). This includes –
  • 91 Standard Track applications
  • 6 Alternative Track Applications
  • 3 Overseas Track Applications
• A total of 104 applications were finalised in October to December 2014. This includes –
  • 93 full Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
    • Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
    Certificates were issues. Of these –
    • 68 were to people becoming legally femaleA sex, usually assigned at birth, and based on chromosomes (e.g. XX), gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy (e.g. vagina, uterus).
    • 25 were to people becoming legally maleA sex, usually assigned at birth, and based on chromosomes (e.g. XY), gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy (e.g. penis, testicles).
    • 28 were to people who were married
    • 65 were to people who were neither married nor in a civil partnership
  • 0 interim Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
    • Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
    Certificates were issued
  • 5 applications were declined
  • 3 applications were withdrawn
  • 2 applications were refused due to an administrative error
  • 1 application was refused as no fee was paid
• As of the end of June 2015, since the Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
  • Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
  Act 2004 came into force (April 2005) –
  • 4,631 applications have been received
  • 3,999 full Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
    • Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
    Certificates have been issued by the GRP
  • 183 interim Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
    • Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
    Certificates have been issued by the GRP (67% converted to full GRCs)
  • 193 applications have been declined
  • 110 applications are still pending

Further Information Obtained by UK Trans Info (December 2014)

Anyone who holds a UK birth certificate who then receives a full Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
• Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
Certificate is entitled to a new birth or adoption certificate, which is recorded in one of the Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
• Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
Registers. There are three Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
• Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
Registers – one for England and Wales, one for Scotland and one for Northern Ireland. UK Trans• Trans is an umbrella term used to describe people whose lives appear to conflict with the gender norms of society. Whether this is in their clothing, in presenting themselves or undergoing hormone treatment and surgery. Being trans does not imply any specific sexual orientation.
• Trans is an umbrella term that describes a wide range of people whose gender and/or gender expression differ from their assigned sex and/or the societal and cultural expectations of their assigned sex; includes people who are androgyne, agender, bigender, butch, CAFAB, CAMAB, cross-dresser, drag king, drag queen, femme, FTM, gender creative, gender fluid, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, gender variant, MTF, pangender, questioning, trans, trans man, trans woman, transfeminine, transgender, transmasucline, transsexual, and two-spirit.
Info has requested and received statistics about these registers from the relevant Registrar Generals.

Up until the end of December 2014 there have been 3,779 entries made in the Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
• Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
Register. This means 54 full Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
• Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
Certificates have been issued but not recorded in a Gender Recognition• The legal recognition of an individuals acquired gender as the opposite of the sex assigned at birth.
• Usually once a person has begun the process of transitioning, pronouns that are appropriate to the gender towards which he or she is transitioning should be used.
Register. This could be people who were born outside the UK, or people who haven’t yet completed the registration process.

Of those 3,779 entries –

• 3,485 were from the England & Wales register. This includes –
  • 2,673 people who are now legally femaleA sex, usually assigned at birth, and based on chromosomes (e.g. XX), gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy (e.g. vagina, uterus).
  • 812 people who are now legally maleA sex, usually assigned at birth, and based on chromosomes (e.g. XY), gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy (e.g. penis, testicles).
• 239 were from the Scottish register. This includes –
  • 152 people who are now legally femaleA sex, usually assigned at birth, and based on chromosomes (e.g. XX), gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy (e.g. vagina, uterus).
  • 87 who are now legally maleA sex, usually assigned at birth, and based on chromosomes (e.g. XY), gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy (e.g. penis, testicles).
• 55 were from the Northern Irish register. This includes –
  • 41 people who are now legally femaleA sex, usually assigned at birth, and based on chromosomes (e.g. XX), gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy (e.g. vagina, uterus).
  • 14 who are now legally maleA sex, usually assigned at birth, and based on chromosomes (e.g. XY), gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy (e.g. penis, testicles).

The entries also vary slightly depending on how the birth was originally registered. Of the 3,779 entries –

• 3,565 people who were born in the UK, and haven’t had a subsequent adoption or parental order issued
• 153 people who were adopted in the UK
• 21 people who were born overseas, but to parent(s) in the British Armed Forces
• 40 people who were born overseas, but to parent(s) who were British citizens, whose birth was registered with the British consul or UK High Commission.

Thanks to “UKTransInfo” at http://uktrans.info/grc-stats