Well then. Here we go again:
Making it simpler for someone to legally change their gender is part of new proposals being unveiled by the Welsh government.
It comes after the UK government said it would block similar legislation put forward by the Scottish government.
The Welsh government called the new LGBTQ+ Action Plan for Wales an "ambitious plan with hope".
Critics of the proposals say it could "trample over women's rights".
The Welsh Tories have also said the community "don't deserve to be used as a political tool" to secure more powers.
Wales' plan aims to improve the rights of LGBTQ+ people such as banning all aspects of so-called conversion therapy practice, but currently the Welsh Parliament cannot make its own gender recognition law.
It would be up to the UK government to hand over the powers from Westminster - as things stand Conservative ministers in London have no plans to do so.
Stonewall Cymru welcomed the proposals, but said "we shouldn't be complacent".
Don't these idiots listen to the news? Do they have no idea what's just been happening in Scotland? Are they all so completely captured by Stonewall?
The document, drawn up as part of a co-operation agreement between the Welsh government and Plaid Cymru, said it would "trigger" a request with the UK government to devolve powers related to gender recognition....
Last month, First Minister Mark Drakeford said in the Senedd that Wales should have a gender self-identification system, similar to the one approved in Scotland.
Under the plan, the Welsh government would "initiate conversations" with the UK government to implement a recognition for non-binary people on passports and driving licences.
The Welsh government would also use "all available powers to ban all aspects" of so-called conversion therapy practices, which refers to any form of treatment or psychotherapy aiming to change a person's sexual orientation or to suppress a person's gender identity, and "seek the devolution of any necessary additional powers".
Which means banning any attempt to talk to supposedly "gender dysphoric" children: their new magic gender identity must be affirmed, with any subsequent medical intervention celebrated as a progressive triumph.
Note that Labour is involved here: Mark Drakeford is Labour First Minister for Wales. What will Keir Starmer make of this?
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