Legal Cases

Sonia Appleby case

Sonia Appleby is the safeguarding lead for the Trust that houses the Tavistock, or Gender Identity Development Service (GIDs). Sonia ...
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Alison Bailey: Legal Judgment

Alison has won her case against Garden Court Chambers, but not against Stonewall. Judgement attached below: Bailey-judgment Alison’s press release ...
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Sex by deception: 1

R v McNally A recent BBC short documentary discussed the ethics around disclosure of biological sex to persons with whom ...
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Kiera Bell: Judicial Review

This Judicial Review was brought by Keira Bell and a parent of an autistic girl, identified as Mrs A. Applications ...
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Sexual Reassignment Surgery: A prisoner’s appeal

This legal case centres on a prisoner who wished to access, NHS funded, Sexual Reassignment Surgery during a prison sentence ...
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Gender Recognition Panels: A Judge talks.

Revolutionary? Evolutionary? Or just a massive mistake? The process by which a Gender Recognition Certificate is issued is overseen by ...
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Sex by Deception? Perjury?

Sex by deception: Legal Case. I was not intending to blog this case. I  fear the bald facts lend themselves ...
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Gender Recognition Certificates

As activists in the trans community work to remove the “onerous” burdens placed on the community to legally “transition” I ...
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Legal Case: Marriage

This case is from 2003. It concerns a post-operative transsexual who had managed to go through a marriage ceremony, prior ...
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The Elephant in the room.

Another legal case. (I should, perhaps, dedicate this to the man on my twitter who told me to actually READ ...
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