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European Court Rules EU States Must Recognize Gender Changes Obtained in Other Bloc Countries

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The European Union's top court has ruled that EU member states must recognize a change of first name and gender obtained in other countries within the bloc. This decision was made in response to a case involving a British-Romanian transgender man who obtained legal recognition of his male gender identity in the UK, but was refused recognition by Romanian authorities. The court found that refusing to recognize and enter a change of gender in a person's birth certificate is contrary to EU law, which guarantees free movement and citizenship rights among member states. The court stated that "gender, like a first name, is a fundamental element of personal identity" and therefore must be recognized and respected.

  1. European Court of Human Rights
    1. Gender, like a first name, is a fundamental element of personal identity.
    2. A divergence between identities resulting from such a refusal of recognition creates difficulties for a person in proving his or her identity in daily life as well as serious professional, administrative and private inconvenience.
    3. In that regard, it is irrelevant that the request for recognition and entry of the change of first name and gender identity was made ... on a date on which the withdrawal from the European Union of the other Member State had already taken effect.
  2. GB
    Catherine Barnard
    University of Cambridge
    1. It goes to the issue of competence, meaning, does the E.U. have the power to have any say over these things?
    2. It's like in the states: Is it a state issue? Or a federal issue? When it comes to anything that gets in the way of free movement, then the E.U. has the power.

sources

  1. 1.The Times of India
  2. 2.The Washington Post
  3. 3.Le Monde
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse
  5. 5.Washington Post

perspectives

  1. 1.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  2. 2.LGBTQ+

countries

  1. 1.BelgiumBE
  2. 2.BulgariaBG
  3. 3.CyprusCY
  4. 4.SpainES
  5. 5.United KingdomGB
  6. 6.HungaryHU
  7. 7.IrelandIE
  8. 8.LuxembourgLU
  9. 9.LatviaLV
  10. 10.RomaniaRO
  11. 11.SlovakiaSK
  12. 12.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.European Union
  2. 2.European Court of Justice
  3. 3.Court of Justice
  4. 4.European Court of Human Rights
  5. 5.European Union Court of Justice
  6. 6.Mathias Corvinus Collegium
  7. 7.University of Cambridge

persons

  1. 1.Arian Mirzarafie-Ahi
  2. 2.Tomas Jermalavicius
  3. 3.Adrian Coman
  4. 4.Catherine BarnardGB
  5. 5.Clai Hamilton
  6. 6.Roberta MetsolaMT
  7. 7.Rodrigo BallesterHU

technicals

  1. 1.Family Law Act
  2. 2.Brexit
European Court Rules EU States Must Recognize Gender Changes Obtained in Other Bloc Countries