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Proceedings launched against Gender Recognition Panel

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04 April 2023
Issue: 8020 / Categories: Legal News , Equality , Discrimination
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A US citizen, currently in London under a Tier 1 Global Talent visa, has launched legal proceedings against the Gender Recognition Panel and Lord Chancellor for breaching their statutory duty to issue a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) recording their gender as nonbinary. 

Ryan Castellucci, who is nonbinary, obtained legal recognition of their gender in the US on all official documents but was only able to have their gender recorded in the UK as ‘not specified’, which has uncertain legal effect.

Kate Egerton, senior associate at Leigh Day, representing Castellucci, said the choice imposed on Castellucci was ‘both unfair and illogical’.

Issue: 8020 / Categories: Legal News , Equality , Discrimination
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