Information Note on the Court’s case-law 226

February 2019

O.H. and G.H. v. Germany (communicated case) - 53568/18 and 54941/18

Article 14

Discrimination

Female to male transsexual registered under former female forename and as child’s mother in birth register: communicated

Article 8

Female to male transsexual registered under former female forename and as child’s mother in birth register: communicated

The first applicant, a female to male transsexual, had changed his former female forename to a male forename and his female registration to a male registration in the public records. He subsequently become pregnant through self-insemination from an anonymous s perm donation and gave birth to the second applicant. The applicants requested that the first applicant be registered as the father of the second applicant in the birth register. On advice from the courts, the Registry Office registered the first applicant under his former female forename as the second applicant’s mother. The applicants’ constitutional complaint was unsuccessful.

Communicated under Article 8 and Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8 of the Convention.

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