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Judge rules gender dysphoria diagnosis “unnecessary” for legal recognition

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In a symbolic victory for trans rights, a judge in Northern Ireland ruled in favour of an anonymous trans women who sought to eradicate the requirements that trans people are made to meet in order to gain legal recognition.

On May 13, Justice Scoffield ruled that the current regulations, in which trans people must receive a diagnosis of gender dysphoria to be legally recognised by their gender, are “unjustified”.The court then determined that the requirement for trans people to prove they are experiencing gender dysphoria was incompatible with regulations laid out by the European Convention on Human Rights.

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