TheGender Recognition Panel is atribunal in theUnited Kingdom dealing withtranssexual andtransgender concerns and allowing people to change theirlegal gender. It was founded to satisfy theGender Recognition Act 2004, which legislates its decision-making process.
It issues gender recognition certificates for people who "live in another gender"[1] to change their legal sex.[2]
The members of the panel are appointed by theLord Chancellor with the agreement of thepresidents of the Courts for England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Only lawyers, medical practitioners or psychologists may be appointed to the panel.[3] Its current president, Paula Gray, was appointed byRobert Buckland in 2019.[4]
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