This may not be the right thread for this, but as it is only relevant to the UK, I think it is the best place.

A new UK law will come into effect in October 2010 which makes a lot of major changes for TRANSEXUALS, please note this does not affect TRANSVESTITES.

This link from ACAS, gives a breakdown of the major changes.

The biggest change that I have seen is that there is no longer a requirement for a person who is living in the gender that is opposite to their birth gender, to be under medical supervision to be classed as Transgender by definintion.

Anyway have a look, hope it helps some of you