series: Gender legislation
Document originally published by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Original Publication: July 1998
Full text at legislation.gov.uk
An Act to make new provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals, including the obtaining, holding, use or disclosure of such information …
more ...Statistics on gender recognition applications.
Official statistics from the Gender Recognition Panel are released quarterly in Tribunal and Gender Recognition Statistics Quarterly.
The most recent statistics go up to the end of June 2015. The key points are -
Document originally published by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Original Publication: July 2013
Full text at legislation.gov.uk
This Act makes it legal for same sex couples in England and Wales to marry. The provisions in schedule 5 also allows people who are married to obtain a legal …
more ...Document originally published by Scottish Parliament
Original Publication: March 2014
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An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the marriage of persons of the same sex; to make further provision as to the persons who may solemnise marriage and as to …
more ...Document originally published by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Original Publication: February 2006
Full text at legislation.gov.uk
The Equality Act 2006 introduced the Gender Equality Duty, which places an obligation on public bodies to pay due regard to the need to address and eliminate the unlawful discrimination …
more ...Document originally published by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Original Publication: April 2010
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The Equality Act 2010 provides protection against discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of protected characteristics - including gender reassignment. It brings together various previous legislation into a single harmonised …
more ...Document originally published by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Original Publication: July 2004
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This Act of Parliament allows trans people to apply for a full Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) which changes their legal gender and provides them with a new birth certificate. There …
more ...Transgender or "trans" are terms used to describe people who don't conform to the traditional genders of male or female.
"Trans" can include cross-dressers, people who wear a mix of clothing, people with a dual or no gender identity, and transsexual people.
Coming out can be a difficult process. Many transgender people worry about how other people will react and how they'll treat them once they find out.
For many people, coming out means that they can be honest about how they feel and not hide that part of themselves.
The law forbids the sharing of information about trans people without their express consent. This may create difficulties obtaining the details of a trans person, and keeping the details secure, if they or a family member has died.
A bereavement is a traumatic process for anyone, but as …
more ...Friday 18 October 2013
A transsexual police officer is suing her force for discrimination after she was allegedly forced to "out" herself in a call over the police radio. PC Emma Chapman, 44, has taken Essex Police to a tribunal claiming the force failed to help its officers understand transgender …
more ...The Council of Europe - 23rd Colloquy on European Law - 14-16 April, 1993.
Closing speech by Professor L.J.G. Gooren, University Hospital, Amsterdam.
The transcript of this speech (delivered to an international audience of government representatives, lawyers, doctors and transsexuals at the end of the three …
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