cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/31696866
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?
Most trans people don’t have a GRC here. A GRC is mostly a way to change your birth certificate and death certificate so if your birth certificate is already corrected then you are fine. Passports will let you change them with a doctors note from any doctor. HRT might be a bit of a pain depending on what part of the country though some GPs do offer bridging proscriptions while you wait to see the GIC.