Transgender woman wins pension court battle
Image copyright EPA A transgender woman who was unable to access her pension, was discriminated against because of her sex, the European Court of Justice has found.
The woman - known as MB - was refused the female state pension after she chose not to annul her marriage.
MB said she preferred to stay married to her wife "in the sight of God".
But a court has ruled a person who has changed gender does not have to annul the marriage they entered into before that change, to receive a pension.
Under the 2004 Gender Recognition Act, trans people acquired the right to formally change their gender by obtaining a full "gender recognition certificate".
But a certificate could not be issued to a married person who did not have their marriage annulled on the basis of their gender change.
