Legal Recognition of Gender Bill 2013

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Legal Recognition of Gender Bill 2013 would allow transgender and intersex people to have their preferred gender legally recognised through a Gender Recognition Register, based on a witnessed declaration rather than surgery, hormone treatment or a medical diagnosis. Updated birth certificates would look like ordinary certificates, with privacy protections, and married applicants would not have to end their marriages; the measure aimed to protect dignity and bring Irish law into line with human-rights obligations.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to give effect to a person's right to have their gender identity recorded and recognised by the State, to establish and provide for the gender recognition register, to provide for certificates of birth that reflect a person's gender identity, to provide for the right to self-determine a person's preferred gender identity and to provide for the dignity of such persons and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018