France: Presidential elections highlight trans voters’ rights gap

[Shana A]

France: Presidential elections highlight trans voters' rights gap
by Jane Fae
23 April 2012, 11:22am

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/04/23/france-presidential-elections-highlight-trans-voters-rights-gap/

As the dust settles on the first round of the French Presidential election this morning, a sharp warning from France's National Transgender Association (ANT), that discrimination by the French state means that trans citizens can no longer count on access to that most basic of Human Rights – the right to vote!

According to a spokesperson for the ANT, the problem arises with the refusal of the French government to permit trans individuals to change their civil status without first submitting to significant preconditions. Tens of thousands of trans voters who wish to protect their private life can therefore no longer register for electoral purposes.