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Sian Berry’s policy on gender self-identification

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Should people be allowed to legally change their gender without a medical diagnosis?

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Very strongly agree

Yes

The Green Party of England and Wales has long backed trans self-determination and supported reform of the Gender Recognition Act to allow legal gender change without medical diagnosis (e.g., party policy and public statements during/around the 2018–2020 GRA reform debate). Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly agree

Yes, the current process is dehumanizing and gender is a personal identity, not a medical condition

This closely matches Green framing: the party has described the existing GRA process as intrusive/overly medicalized and has advocated self-identification, treating gender identity as personal rather than something requiring psychiatric/medical validation (notably in their responses to the UK GRA consultation period). Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly disagree

No, safeguarding women's single-sex spaces requires a rigorous process with medical checks

While Greens support safeguarding and evidence-based policy, they have generally rejected arguments that require medical checks to protect single-sex spaces, emphasizing that Equality Act provisions already allow proportionate exclusions and that trans rights should not be curtailed via medical gatekeeping. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly disagree

No

Greens have generally opposed retaining medical-gatekeeping as a requirement for legal gender recognition, arguing it creates unnecessary barriers and stigma; this runs counter to their stated support for self-ID in GRA reform discussions. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly disagree

No, biological sex is immutable and the law must prioritize reality over self-identification

The claim that sex is immutable and law must reject self-identification conflicts with Green Party positions supporting trans and non-binary recognition and self-ID; Greens have consistently aligned with expanding legal recognition rather than restricting it on biological-essentialist grounds. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

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