gender reassignment

British

noun

male-to-female or female-to-male transformation involving surgery and hormone treatment

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Kasia, the victim's daughter who was still living in Poland when Zablocka went missing, told police she believed her mother wanted to undergo gender reassignment surgery but could not afford to, Aspden said.

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The Equality Act still offers protection to trans people, and the ruling did not affect the protected characteristic of gender reassignment.

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It was further alleged it was an aggravated breach of FA rules because it included a reference to gender reassignment.

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The protected characteristic of gender reassignment is not affected by this ruling, and Lord Hodge stressed that there are other defences against direct and indirect discrimination and harassment.

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But despite earning a modest income, she helped pay for her daughter's gender reassignment, in part by selling some of her jewellery, and cared for her afterwards.

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