Source
YouGov
Year
2025

United Kingdom: And do you think a person should or should not have to provide evidence they lived in their new gender for at least two years before they able to change their legal gender?

66%
Should have to show they have lived in their new gender for two years
12%
Should not have to show they have lived in their new gender for two years
22%
Don’t know
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Impact on the Equality Index

Score12 / 100
Weight60 / 100

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