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Title: Irish transwoman wins legal right to civil partnership
Post by: SandraJane on March 01, 2012, 10:28:01 AM
Post by: SandraJane on March 01, 2012, 10:28:01 AM
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Irish transwoman wins legal right to civil partnership
by rservenFollow for TransAction | Tue Feb 28, 2012 at 04:03 PM PST
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/28/1069229/-Irish-transwoman-woman-legal-right-to-civil-partnership-?via=siderecent (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/28/1069229/-Irish-transwoman-woman-legal-right-to-civil-partnership-?via=siderecent)
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,116132.msg891794.html#msg891794 (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,116132.msg891794.html#msg891794) Related Article
Back in 2010 Ireland passed the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, which granted same-sex partners rights and responsibilities similar to, but not equal to, civil marriage. For instance, civil partners have to wait at least two years before dissolving their partnership, cannot be judicially separated, may not enter into joint adoption or have joint guardianship over children. Oh...and it didn't apply to transpeople.
That last may seem strange but Ireland has not yet seen fit to recognize the gender of transpeople legally. So "same sex" was deemed not to apply to us.
Irish transwoman wins legal right to civil partnership
by rservenFollow for TransAction | Tue Feb 28, 2012 at 04:03 PM PST
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/28/1069229/-Irish-transwoman-woman-legal-right-to-civil-partnership-?via=siderecent (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/28/1069229/-Irish-transwoman-woman-legal-right-to-civil-partnership-?via=siderecent)
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,116132.msg891794.html#msg891794 (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,116132.msg891794.html#msg891794) Related Article
Back in 2010 Ireland passed the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, which granted same-sex partners rights and responsibilities similar to, but not equal to, civil marriage. For instance, civil partners have to wait at least two years before dissolving their partnership, cannot be judicially separated, may not enter into joint adoption or have joint guardianship over children. Oh...and it didn't apply to transpeople.
That last may seem strange but Ireland has not yet seen fit to recognize the gender of transpeople legally. So "same sex" was deemed not to apply to us.