Seventy two LBGT organisations have penned an open letter to MSPs, underlining their support for the government’s proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act. Sports teams, pride event organisers, national organisations and local support groups have united to declare their commitment to trans equality as the government consults on the controversial proposed legal changes. On reform of gender recognition, the letter states: “We stand in support of a reformed Gender Recognition Act that enables trans people to more smoothly change their birth certificates to match their lives and other identity documents.” The letter also hits back at the creation of a new organisation, the LGB Alliance, which has said it is concerned that trans rights are undermining the idea of homosexuality, and supports the Scottish Government’s current plans for LGBT inclusion in the 2021 national Census.