‘It Was the First Time I Felt the State Saw Me as I See Myself – I Finally Existed’: 10 Years of the Gender Recognition Act

‘It was the first time I felt the State saw me as I see myself – I finally existed’: 10 years of the Gender Recognition Act

On a bright September morning in 2015, just weeks after the Gender Recognition Act was passed on July 15, history was made in Ireland, not with the fanfare of a referendum or the flash of cameras outside Leinster House, but with something far more quietly radical. For the first time, transgender people in Ireland could legally self-declare their gender identity, without the need for medical intervention, psychiatric diagnosis, or court proceedin…

Britain’s first openly transgender candidate stands for election

Sophie Cook, 50, said Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn had been a long-standing supporter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.