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The High Court has ruled that the State is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) over its failure to recognise a sex change that a transgendered person underwent more than a decade ago.
Dr Lydia Foy, Athy, Co Kildare, was born male but had gender realignment surgery 15 years ago. She took the action to secure a birth certificate describing her as female.
She abandoned an earlier claim for her original birth certificate to be altered and instead wants a new birth certificate reflecting her female gender.
In today’s ruling Mr Justice Liam McKechnie said that the State, in refusing a new birth certificate, is in breach of article 8 of the ECHR.