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

by Natalie | Jun 22, 2019 | Gender identity, LGBT+ family building

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 | Gender identity, LGBT+ family building

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...

Legal issues for transgender parents – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine

by Natalie | Jun 22, 2016 | Gender identity, LGBT+ family building

Natalie has written an article for transgender parents conceiving children, published in the Fertility Network UK magazine. It covers legal rights in relation to eggs and sperm in storage, as well as legal parenthood, with two case studies showing how the law works in...

Transgender parents and UK fertility law

by Franklyn | Feb 28, 2016 | Gender identity, LGBT+ family building

There is growing awareness in the UK of the fertility needs of transgender people. Hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery often affect fertility and so, like cancer patients having chemotherapy, a transgender man or woman going through a gender transition...