FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) announced that a transgender woman has entered into a civil partnership in Ireland. This amounts to de facto legal recognition of the woman's acquired gender because the Civil Partnership Act requires that civil partners must be legally of the same sex.
"However, an Irish citizen in Maria's position cannot enter into a civil partnership because Irish law still does not provide for recognition of transgender persons. Nearly five years after the High Court decided in the Lydia Foy case in 2007 that Irish law was in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights over its attitude to transgender persons, the law has still not been changed."
You can read the full press release here:
22 FEB 2012
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Can you help?
TENI will be contacting the Equality Authority regarding Paddy Power's transphobic ad. We need details of when, where & on what channel the Cheltenham Ladies Day ad played in Ireland.
Did you see it? Did it generate any remarks among the people around you? How did it make you feel?
You can email us at office@teni.ie with details. We really appreciate the time and effort you've put in to voicing disapproval of transphobia in the media so far.
21 FEB 2012
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Gaelick asks: "What in the seven circles of hell were Paddy Power thinking when they threw this transphobic bile together?"
Read the article here.
20 FEB 2012
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TENI is calling on trans people and allies to act now:
Don't Tolerate Transphobia: Tell Paddy Power to Retract
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=20394040945a32c736eefb556&id=c544f4d870
Paddy Power is running a deeply transphobic advert. The company knows of the damage and insult that their advert has caused and have said that they will not remove it.
We need you to speak up now against transphobia and let Paddy Power know that their advert is unacceptable. Transphobia isolates, injures and kills. It is not a joke.
20 FEB 2012
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AN IRISH TRANSGENDER support group has today called on bookmaker Paddy Power to withdraw a video being used to adverstise Cheltenham Ladies Day, describing it as offensive.
The Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) said the ad, which was broadcast on SkySports in Ireland and the UK last weekend, was “deeply transphobic”.
Read article here.
20 FEB 2012
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In today's Irish Times, Bill Shipsey SC talks about Dr Lydia Foy's very public struggle for her right to privacy.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0220/1224312049586.html
Dr Foy is still waiting for her birth certificate.
TENI's Action for Recognition campaign for gender recognition next meets tomorrow evening (Tuesday 21 February) in the Carmichael Centre, 6-8pm.
20 FEB 2012
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Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) has responded to an offensive new ad campaign by Paddy Power, which calls on visitors to Ladies Day at the Cheltenham festival to "spot the Stallions from the Mares".
Read the article here.
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