The number of people receiving legal gender change certificates in Britain has soared to a new record over the past year, as more young people have started to apply for the transgender document.
According to Ministry of Justice data, a total of 1,169 certificates (GRCs) gender recognition certificates were handed out in the year leading up to March, The Telegraph reported.
This marks the highest annual total since the document was introduced in 2005 under the left-wing Labour Party government of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair. It also represented a 221 per cent increase over 2019-20, when just 364 GRCs were issued.
In total, 9,633 gender recognition certificates have been given out since their introduction through the Gender Recognition Act.
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Under the law, adults in Britain can legally change the
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