http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35214487
This is the stupidest suggestion I have ever heard.
At a time when identity is hardly ever far from the news headlines.
I agree that the UK Driving Licence does not require gender. After all, it only indicates authorisation to operate a motor vehicle. Now, if you expand the license to be an identity card then I believe gender is pertinent. We won’t be going down that path, will we? The whining civil libertarians have seen to that.
However, the UK passport is a whole different kettle of fish. The passport is an identity device. And, until biometric data is used as part of personal identification then I believe gender is important.
How does a border control operator know if the passport in their hands, carrying the name Jo Bloggs, actually belongs to Josef Bloggs or Joshephine Bloggs.
This isn’t about gender categorisation, segregation or even
transgender discrimination
, to quote Ms Miller. It’s about security and personal identity, providing our law enforcement and border control personnel with as many tools as possible. It is foolhardy to keep on going down the path where all controls are diluted for fear of upsetting a minority. I am all for equality, but not at the expense of common sense.
If there is such a problem for the, relatively small, transgender population, then surely the right thing, for the government, to do is introduce a new category. It could be as simple as
M = Male, F = Female & T = Transgendered.
I know that something that is so simple in my head, will turn into a “mares nest” at the hands of HMG.
I don’t know about you but in these terrorised times I want tighter controls. I don’t want our security services distracted by anything that is described by Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron as
something this small
WrAnTz 
What a bloody stupid idea
I completely agree. As you say, what’s wrong with simply creating a new option for transgender people?