Ireland violated transsexual's right to new birth certificate under EU law, judge rules
IHTThe Associated Press
Published: October 19, 2007
"This is such a wonderful breakthrough after such a long, long time," said Dr. Lydia Foy, a 60-year-old dentist who began her case in 1997, five years after undergoing a sex-change operation to become a woman.
She said existing Irish law, which does not permit transsexuals to be issued new birth-certificate records, means "you can be outed and embarrassed" in any applications that require birth certificate details. "You might be tempted to lie to save yourself embarrassment," she said.
