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Discrimination against persons on grounds of gender is against human rights, the ECJ ruled (Photo: EUobserver)

Transsexual wins pension battle in EU court

The EU's highest court has ruled that a British law defining pension rights based on birth gender violated fundamental human rights.

The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice on Thursday (27 April) ruled in favour of a transsexual woman's right to cash in her pension money, against British claims that member states have their own right to set pension rules.

60 year-old Sarah Margaret Richards, who was a man until 2001, was told by UK authorities she had to wait until the age...

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Discrimination against persons on grounds of gender is against human rights, the ECJ ruled (Photo: EUobserver)

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