IrishExaminer.com – By Conor Kane
The Government has been urged to ensure the rights of transgender people living in Ireland are fully respected, following yesterday’s landmark ruling in the Dr Lydia Foy case.
The High Court judgment which found Irish law “incompatible” with the European Convention on Human Rights may pave the way for an “explosion” of people coming forward with gender identity issues, one pressure group predicted.
Dr Foy, 59, a dentist from Athy in Co Kildare, wanted the right to change her name and sex on her birth certificate, having undergone gender reassignment 15 years ago.