A Labour MP has sparked outrage after calling for a change in the law to allow people's gender to be changed on official records after their death.
Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols called for the change in a written parliamentary question to the Cabinet Office last month.
She asked if the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004 could be amended to allow for "transgender people who are deceased to be legally remembered by the gender they lived by".
It would mean that those who had not undergone surgical treatment could be identified as a different gender.
Charlotte Nichols wrote to the Cabinet Office requesting a change in the law
"The genesis of the petition was the murder of my constituent Brianna Ghey, whose life was brutally cut short before she was old enough to have formal legal recognition of who she was and how she will be remembered by her family, friends and our community," Nichols told The Telegraph.
"At that time, the Government said they did not believe any reforms were necessary, but it is something I continue to have raised with me by my constituents and will continue to raise with the Government accordingly so that this can be an option available to bereaved families should they so wish."
Equalities minister Stuart Andrew had replied saying there were no plans for the Gender Recognition Act to be altered.
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