| Christine Goodwin v. the United Kingdom | |
|---|---|
| Decided 11 July 2002 | |
| ECLI | ECLI:CE:ECHR:2002:0711JUD002895795 |
| Nationality of parties | British |
Christine Goodwin v. United Kingdom is a case decided by the European Court of Human Rights on 11 July 2002. The applicant, Christine Goodwin, a United Kingdom national born in 1937, was a transgender woman. She claimed that she had problems and faced sexual harassment at work during and following her gender-affirming surgery. She also alleged that the fact that she kept the same National Insurance number meant that her employer had been able to discover that she previously worked for them under another name and sex, with resulting in embarrassment and humiliation.
The case was heard together with a separate case, I. v. United Kingdom (ECLI:CE:ECHR:2002:0711JUD002568094), also involving a British transgender woman, with judgment delivered on the same day, 11 July 2002.[1]