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Transgender rights and the family court: Should cultural sensitivities be taken into account?

Transgender rights and the family court.

A transgender father was denied access to his children because of the prejudices they may face from their orthodox Jewish community. How far should family law go in recognising the prejudices that may be held by those very families that it is ruling on? Are transgender rights throwing up new problems for various areas of the law?

Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive of Stonewall - the LGBT rights group. Sir Paul Coleridge, Former High Court Judge in the family division, now Chairman of the Marriage Foundation.

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