Méabh McMahon speaks to Kay Cairns, a freelance journalist, trans rights activist and founder of Non-Binary+ Ireland. As a non-binary activist Kay has worked with groups like the Irish Trans Students’ Alliance (ITSA), and they have served on the board of Transgender Equality Network of Ireland (TENI) in the past. Non-Binary+ Ireland was founded in…
The Gender Recognition Act, which celebrates it first anniversary this week, was hailed as milestone piece of legislation, and has directly significantly improved the lives of over 150 people in the year since the bill was signed into law. From a legal perspective it now means that transgender people in Ireland can have their gender…
After a long campaign by transgender people and their supporters the Government has now passed legislation to allow transgender people who are over 18 to amend the gender on their birth cert. As of Tuesday the 8th of September the Department of Social Protection are now accepting application forms to amend birth certs to reflect…