“You are beautiful.” How this transgender woman found the courage to transition | Before & After

22 years ago, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a landmark ruling that changed the lives of transgender people across the UK forever.On July 11, 2002, the court ruled unanimously in favour of Christine Goodwin, a British trans woman who had faced severe workplace harassment, issues with her National Insurance contributions, and was denied the right to marry in her acquired gender.The Grand Chamber found that the UK's failure to legally recognise trans people's gender violated two fund