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Eversheds Sutherland partner Aisling Gannon has been named a 2019 LGBT+ Ally Role Model by OUTstanding in recognition of her work on the firm's diversity and inclusion initiatives. Ms Gannon, who has a transgender child, is an active member of Perspective, the firm's employee network for LGBT+ staff

A transgender man who gave birth to a child has lost a legal bid to be named as a father on the child's birth certificate. The High Court in London has ruled that Freddy McConnell, who is recognised as "male" on his civil documents, must be recorded as the child's "mother".

A man seeking asylum in the UK from a country where homosexuality is illegal was rejected by an immigration judge because he did not have a gay "demeanour", a barrister has said. English barrister Rehana Popal said the judge had "taken a stereotype, used it as a benchmark and compared my client to i

The high-profile legal battle over a Belfast bakery's refusal to bake a cake with a message in support of same-sex marriage will continue at the European Court of Human Rights, lawyers have announced. The UK Supreme Court ruled last year that Ashers Baking Company's refusal was not discriminatory on

A former garda who was dismissed in 1982 has received formal acknowledgement that he was sacked because of his "alleged homosexual activity". In a letter, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris told the man, who is using the pseudonym "Liam", that the Department of Justice had located a document confirming

International law firm Pinsent Masons has been recognised as one of the best multinational employers for LGBT+ staff in Stonewall's 2019 Top Global Employers index. The firm is one of 14 organisations to be named in the list that highlights multinational businesses for the progress they have made in

Human rights activist Ellen Murray will deliver Amnesty International's annual Belfast Pride lecture this year on the theme of transgender rights. Ms Murray is executive director of not-for-profit organisation TransgenderNI and an international trans human rights consultant focusing on healthcare an

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has settled a case against the Department for Communities to back-pay state pension entitlements to a transgender woman. Frances Shields, who received her Gender Recognition Certificate in February 2015 and applied for her State pension in April 2

Lawyers have been invited to march with a new LGBT+ network for lawyers at Dublin Pride this month. The OUTLaw Network, which was launched in January, is marching as a community group for the first time in this year's parade on Saturday 29 June 2019.

Staff at the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) have received training to help improve their awareness and understanding of hate crimes motivated by transphobia.

Linklaters has become the first Magic Circle firm to offer gender reassignment surgery to staff on its private medical insurance scheme. The new benefit, effective from 1 March 2019 and provided by AXA PPP healthcare, forms part of the firm's strategy to create a diverse and inclusive environment in

A transgender woman who was asked to leave a Dublin bar last year has won an out-of-court settlement and a public apology. Sonia Kolasinska, 39, told The Irish Times that she was asked by security staff to leave Madigan's on O'Connell Street after attempting to join friends after attending a politic

The Law Society of Ireland has launched a new Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in the Society and the solicitors’ profession. The Task Force comprises 16 members from various minority, disability, LGBT+ and socio-economic backgrou

Transgender inmates at a women's prison in London are set to be moved to the UK's first transgender prison unit later this week. The new wing at HMP Downview will accommodate three trans women prisoners, all of whom have Gender Recognition Certificates, BBC News reports.

Ministers must look at fertility laws, the President of the Family Divison Sir Andrew McFarlane has said, after hearing a case in which a transgender man gave birth. TT underwent NHS fertility treatment, becoming pregnant after completing a gender transition.