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Title: Irish Parliment set to approve gender recognition bill
Post by: stephaniec on July 14, 2015, 10:09:24 PM
Irish Parliament  set to approve gender recognition bill

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/07/14/irish-parliament-set-to-approve-gender-recognition-bill-tomorrow/

Pink News/by Nick Duffy   07/14/2015

"Ireland's progressive new gender recognition bill is set to head to Parliament tomorrow, for the final stage of debate prior to becoming law."
"The bill, which is one of a number of landmark LGBT reforms set to become law in Ireland this year, will tomorrow head back to the upper house (Seanad) for the Report and Final Stages."

 

     
Title: Re: Irish Parliment set to approve gender recognition bill
Post by: Willowicious on July 15, 2015, 11:34:19 AM
And it's now been passed! Yahoo! :D
Title: Re: Irish Parliment set to approve gender recognition bill
Post by: suzifrommd on July 15, 2015, 11:47:35 AM
This is really huge. It's different that a lot of other bills in other places, in that they take our word for it that we're trans. We don't have to prove it or have doctor to sign off on it.
Title: Re: Irish Parliment set to approve gender recognition bill
Post by: Jayne on July 15, 2015, 01:03:31 PM
A month ago Ireland were behind the times, now they've embraced same sex marriage and have put England to shame by allowing self determination, I wholeheartedly applaud their efforts to show acceptance to all under the LGBTQI umbrella
Title: Re: Irish Parliment set to approve gender recognition bill
Post by: Willowicious on July 15, 2015, 01:24:05 PM
^ +1 I give it 10 years tops till the UK follows suit ^_^
Title: Re: Irish Parliment set to approve gender recognition bill
Post by: awilliams1701 on July 15, 2015, 02:46:32 PM
In the meantime even with a doctor's notice ohio won't change anything. I hope that changes before I have my surgery. It will be probably 2 years at least. I'm going to try to get on the list after I get my name changed.
Title: Re: Irish Parliment set to approve gender recognition bill
Post by: traci_k on July 16, 2015, 07:06:31 AM
What I find significant is no bickering. President Michael Higgens is expected to sign the bill before the end of July.

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