Natalie speaks at Progress Educational Trust event: The fertility landscape for LGBTQ+ communities

by Xander Gowler | Feb 27, 2025 | LGBT Law, LGBT Surrogacy, Surrogacy

  Natalie was delighted to join a panel of expert speakers for an event attended by more than 100 people last week to discuss barriers to family building for the LGBTQ+ community. Natalie spoke about the evolution of the law and where it is still lagging behind,...

When fathers are mothers: the absurdity of UK law for trans parents – Article published in Family Law

by Franklyn | Feb 17, 2020 | Conception

Natalie and Kelly have written an article, published by Resolution in The Review, about Re TT (2019) and the absurdity of modern family law which does not provide for trans parents. The recent ruling in Re TT [2019] EWHC 2384, which forced transgender man Fred...

Transgender parent case – UK High Court rules that man who gives birth cannot be registered as his child’s ‘father’.

by Franklyn | Oct 15, 2019 | Conception, Gender Identity Law

The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane (the most senior first-instance family court judge in England and Wales) has ruled in the case of Re TT on the rights of transgender parents and their children under UK law. The case involved an application by...

Legal issues for transgender and gender diverse patients – Article published in British Infertility Counselling Association journal

by Natalie | Jun 22, 2019 | Conception, Gender Identity Law

Natalie has written an article for counsellors at UK fertility clinics published in the British Infertility Counselling Association journal. It covers what counsellors need to know about the law when treating transgender and gender diverse fertility patients,...

Should transgender parents be free to choose how they are recorded on their children’s birth certificates? The UK High Court is asked to decide

by Franklyn | Jun 21, 2018 | Conception, Gender Identity Law

A transgender man who has given birth in the UK, has taken an important case to challenge UK law, arguing that the requirement for him to register as his baby’s ‘mother’ on the birth certificate is incompatible with his Article 8 human right to respect for private and...