A transgender woman unable to access her pension was discriminated against by the UK, the European Court of Justice has ruled. The woman was refused the female state pension at the age of 60 because she chose not to annul her marriage. The ECJ ruled that to receive a pension a person who has changed gender does not have to annul the marriage he or she entered into before the sex change took place. The ECJ ruling contradicts related UK law. To get the UK’s full "gender recognition certificate," transgender people are required to have their marriage annulled on the basis of their gender change.
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Transgender Woman Wins ECJ Pension Battle
A transgender woman unable to access her pension was discriminated against by the UK, the European Court of Justice has ruled. The woman was refused the female state pension at the age of 60 because she chose not to...
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