– Legal Gender Recognition

Third Party Intervention Y.P. v Russia

5. October 2017Third Party Intervention Y.P. v Russia

Third Party Intervention in X v Macedonia Case

5. October 2017Third Party Intervention in X v Macedonia Case

Trans Rights Europe Map & Index 2017

18. May 2017Trans Rights Europe Map & Index 2017

Legal Gender Recognition in Europe Toolkit

13. February 2017Legal Gender Recognition in Europe Toolkit

Pathologization through Law: Compulsory Assessments in Procedures for Changing Personal Status

by Anne Degner and Miriam Nomanni Those in Germany (and almost all countries in Europe) who want to change their gender identity entry on their identification or any other official ...

19. January 2017Pathologization through Law: Compulsory Assessments in Procedures for Changing Personal Status

France adopts 1st gender recognition law – trans people continue being judged

13. October 2016France adopts 1st gender recognition law – trans people continue being judged

Greece: Civil Court of Athens says sterilisation requirement violates Human Rights (2016)

Civil Court of Athens No 418/2016 June 2016 Sterilisation cannot be required in legal gender recognition The applicant, a transgender man, had applied in April 2015 before a Civil ...

2. April 2016Greece: Civil Court of Athens says sterilisation requirement violates Human Rights (2016)

Italy, Constitutional Court declares Divorce Requirement Unconstitutional (2014/2015)

Italy, Corte Constituzionale, sentenza 11/06/2014 n° 170/2014 Cassazione Civile, sez. I, sentenza 21/04/2015 n° 8097 Automatic divorce rule unconstitutional in the absence of legally-recognised partnership offering the couple protection that ...

8. December 2015Italy, Constitutional Court declares Divorce Requirement Unconstitutional (2014/2015)

Switzerland St. Gallen District Court Outlawing Divorce Requirment (1996)

Switzerland, St. Gallen District Court, SJZ 93/1997, 26 November 1996 Divorce cannot constitute a precondition for the legal gender recognition of a trans spouse. The petitioner, a married ...

2. December 2015Switzerland St. Gallen District Court Outlawing Divorce Requirment (1996)

Austria: Divorce requirement lacks legal basis

Austria, Constitutional Court, V 4/06-7 (8 June 2006) Divorce requirement lacked a legal basis. The case concerned a trans woman who had undergone gender reassignment surgery and who applied for ...

2. December 2015Austria: Divorce requirement lacks legal basis

France: Rennes Court of Appeal says divorce requirement not necessary for gender recognition

France, Rennes Court of Appeal, Case No. 11/08743, 1453, 12/00535, 16 October 2012 Divorce requirement not necessary for gender recognition The two petitioners had been married for thirteen years ...

2. December 2015France: Rennes Court of Appeal says divorce requirement not necessary for gender recognition