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Gender Recognition Bill -- First reading.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 28-NOV-03
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 November 2003-UK Government: Gender Recognition Bill -- First reading(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The Gender Recognition Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords yesterday and is published today.

The purpose of the Bill is to give transsexual people legal recognition in their acquired gender ensuring that, for the first time, transsexual people are afforded all the rights and responsibilities appropriate to that gender.

Lord Filkin, Minister at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, said: 'In a civilised society individuals and groups must be able to exercise the rights they are legitimately entitled to and be allowed to live their lives free from discrimination. The Gender Recognition Bill will ensure that transsexual people can now take up all their fundamental rights...

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