Gender Reassignment
What the Equality Act says about Gender Reassignment Discrimination
The Equality Act 2010 says that you must not be discriminated against because you are transsexual, when your gender identity is different from the gender assigned to you when you were born. For example:
a person who was born female decides to spend the rest of his life as a man
In the Equality Act it is known as gender reassignment. All transsexual people share the common characteristic of gender reassignment.
To be protected from gender reassignment discrimination, you do not need to have undergone any specific treatment or surgery to change from your birth sex to your preferred gender. This is because changing your physiological or other gender attributes is a personal process rather than a medical one.
You can be at any stage in the transition process – from proposing to reassign your gender, to undergoing a process to reassign your gender, or having completed it.
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The Beaumont Trust
A registered charity which helps those who are in any way troubled by gender dysphoria or are involved with the care of others in that situation.
Email: beaumonttrust@gmail.com
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Depend
An organisation offering free, confidential and non-judgemental advice, information and support to all family members, spouses, partners and friends of transsexual people in the UK.
Email: info@depend.org.uk
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The Gender Trust
The Trust is a listening ear, a caring support and an information centre for anyone with any question or problem concerning their gender identity, or whose loved one is struggling with gender identity issues.
Email: gina@gendertrust.org.uk
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Gires
Provides information for trans people, their families and the professionals who care for them. GIRES combines the expertise of a largely voluntary teams of trans and non trans people, which provides a wide range of support for trans people and those who care for them, while ensuring that the charity is robustly governed.
Phone: 020 051 3696
Email: web@gires.org.uk
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