[Opinion] Judicial Activism at the CJEU: From Civil Status to Transgender Ideology

Judicial Activism at the CJEU: From Civil Status to Transgender Ideology

On 4 September 2025, Advocate General Jean-Richard de la Tour delivered his Opinion in the Bulgarian case K M H v Obshtina Stara Zagora (C-43/24) before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The Opinion ventures ultra vires, beyond the competences conferred upon the Union, intruding into the exclusive domain of Member States’ civil status law by obliging them to recognize a so-called ‘change of sex’ carried out abroad—even when this…

Landmark EU Opinion Demands Legal Gender Recognition Across Member States

Landmark EU legal opinion affirms legal gender recognition and identity documents matching lived gender as a fundamental right. The post Landmark EU Opinion Demands Legal Gender Recognition Across Member States appeared first on MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online.

Landmark opinion: Top EU lawyer backs trans people’s right to legal gender recognition across the EU - TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia

Last week, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union Richard de la Tour delivered his Opinion in the case C-43/24 Shipov. The case was brought forward by a Bulgarian trans woman currently living in Italy who was repeatedly denied her requests to legally amend her gender marker and name on her Bulgarian documents by Bulgarian courts. In a major development, the Advocate General stated that under EU law provisions on freedom o…

Joint Statement: Landmark CJEU opinion demands legal gender recognition across EU | ILGA-Europe

A new opinion from Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union says all member states must recognise the lived gender of their citizens, ruling out surgery requirements and stressing that passports and ID cards must match people’s identities. Last week, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union Richard de la Tour delivered his Opinion in the case C-43/24 Shipov. The case was brought forward by a Bulgarian …