Certificates which legally recognise a person's acquired gender are "still very important", despite the Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the new chairwoman of Britain's equalities watchdog has said.The latest official data showed applications for gender recognition certificates (GRCs) had reached a record high, with almost 2,000 in the year to September.Eight months on from the Supreme Court's ruling in April on the definition of sex, the rights watchdog boss said that su

Certificates which legally recognise a person's acquired gender are "still very important", despite the Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the new chairwoman of Britain's equalities watchdog has said.The latest official data showed applications for gender recognition certificates (GRCs) had reached a record high, with almost 2,000 in the year to September.Eight months on from the Supreme Court's ruling in April on the definition of sex, the rights watchdog boss said that such documentation still guards people's right to marry or be buried in their legally acquired sex.