The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the principle of freedom of movement means that EU law trumps national law when it came to the civil registering of persons who have changed sex.
The top EU court ruled that legislation in any member state “which does not permit the amendment of the gender data of one of its nationals who has exercised his or her right to freedom of
movement is contrary to EU law”.
The case concerned a Bulgarian national was registered at birth as being male, with a name, personal identification number and identity…