Victory for transpersons

Though assigned the female gender at birth, the applicant, (who cannot be named as the Court has previously issued an order that the applicant's identity remain confidential) identifies as a man.

The Court ruled that refusal to change the applicant's gender marker marker was unreasonable and violated the applicant's rights to dignity, privacy, freedom of expression, equal protection of the law, freedom from discrimination and freedom from inhumane and degrading treatment.