Christine Anne Goodwin
Born(1937-06-04)4 June 1937
Beau Brickhill, Woburn, United Kingdom
Died8 December 2014(2014-12-08) (aged 77)

Christine Goodwin (4 June 1937 – 8 December 2014)[1] was a British transgender rights activist who played a crucial role in forcing the UK government to introduce the Gender Recognition Act 2004.[2] She was a former bus driver who underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1990, at Charing Cross Hospital, London, before eventually challenging the UK government in the European Court of Human Rights over her inability to draw a state pension at the same age as other women.[3] In Goodwin & I v United Kingdom the ECHR ruled that the UK had breached her rights under the European Convention of Human Rights. In response the UK introduced the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

On 8 December 2014, Goodwin died because of a long-time illness. Goodwin was hailed as "a trailblazer for trans rights" and a "pioneer" by trans rights network Transgender Europe.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Trans rights trail blazer Christine Goodwin passed away". 8 January 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Christine Goodwin, whose case launched the Gender Recognition Act, dies". 19 December 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Transsexual wins right to marry". BBC News. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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