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 | EU rules for British transsexual pension rights 2007-06-15
Britain is illegally refusing pension rights to transsexuals by only considering their original sex, according to the European Union’s Court of Justice. The court said, “the right not to be discriminated against on grounds of sex is one of the fundamental human rights." |
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 | To pay or not to pay 2007-04-23
A Seminole man is fighting to stop alimony payments to his ex-wife because the woman is now a man. Lawrence Roach says his ex-wife has had a sex change and is now living as a man with a new identity. Roach says he should be allowed discontinue $1,200 in monthly alimony payments. |
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 | New York Plans To Make Gender Personal Choice 2006-11-13
People born in New York city will be able to change the documented sex on their birth certificates by providing affidavits from a doctor and a mental health professional laying out why their patients should be considered members of the opposite sex, and asserting that their proposed change would be permanent. |
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 | Transsexual Takes Lithuania To Court 2006-10-25
A Lithuanian transsexual is taking the government to the European Court of Human Rights for blocking the completion of his gender reassignment from female to male. Lithuania still does not recognize transsexuals. |
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 | Dutch come up with tolerance test 2006-04-05
Would-be immigrants to The Netherlands are required to pass a special test, proving their tolerance and ability to live in the Dutch society. |
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 | Northern Ireland welcomes new hate crime legislation 2004-12-05
The province's Criminal Justice Minister John Speller announced the implementation of the laws, which will protect residents from abuse based on their race, religion or sexual orientation, this morning |