During a meeting of the Parliamentary Forum on Transsexualism, Simon Hughes MP (North Southwark and Bermondsey) explained that he had been approached to seek an amendment in the law to the benefit of UK citizens who currently lack social representation because of inability to identify as male or female. 

He explained the following which I have agreed to put up on my website as the Chair of the Parliamentary Forum:

A gendered role is demanded for purposes of official documentation (e.g. passport, most types of insurance etc.) and the non-gendered citizen if forced to accept such categorisation even when known to be inappropriate and non-gendered other people remain unidentified both within the perimeters of government legislation and throughout the mainstream of society.

A societal assumption of gender ensures social invisibility without gendered identification.

The change in the law proposed by Simon Hughes MP will allow for provision of a non-gendered/gender-unspecified option on official documentation for the purposes of identification for citizens or other people who do not identify as belonging of the male or female gendered roles.

The office of Simon Hughes MP would like to hear from those who would utilize the legislation if granted, and wish to register as non-gendered/non-gender-specific on official documentation if the option were available in the United Kingdom. Please contact Simon Hughes MP at simon@simonhughes.org.uk.

This potentially ground breaking move away from the imposition of inappropriate gendered categorisation deserves full support.

For further details, contact, Christie Elan-Cane Christie.Elan-Cane@ukgateway.net’

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