"Transgender man, 34, loses legal battle to be named as the father on his child's birth certificate as Supreme Court refuses to hear his case"

Is there any procedure to revoke a GRC?

Apparently not.

I want society to work so that, assuming the information is available, if a child asks "who is my mother? who is my father?" they can be told the truth. The idea of gaslighting a child over such a fundamental part of their identity is abhorrent.

Men do not get pregnant, and women do not rape.

So he was legally a man at the time of giving birth?

Perhaps that shouldn't have been possible given that he was pregnant & not living as a man?

I feel equally strongly about both, to be honest.

I’m pleased by this result, though I feel less strongly about Freddy (having done the pregnancy and risked his body) being referred to as Father than I would about someone who merely provided sperm being referred to as Mother.

I actually wouldn’t have a problem with the default being father and mother but the option for someone to apply to be listed as ‘parent’. But I think father and mother should retain the meanings they have always had when it comes to procreation being recorded on a birth certificate.

Speaking at the beginning of the hearing, solicitor Scott Halliday, a family litigation specialist based at law firm Irwin Mitchell, urged the Appeal Court judges to be on the 'right side of history'.

Pretty sure "right side of history" isn't a valid legal argument

I would not support being called parent 1 or parent 2, I'm surprised poster's say they would? What am I missing?

I don't think it's fair to entirely blame Freddie for this. They is obviously being "supported" behind the scenes in their strategic litigation.

Some people might think they have been manipulated by people and organisations that don’t have Freddie’s well being as a primary aim.
This; absolutely.

All the way to the supreme court - what a waste of time and effort.

Somebody should have sat Freddy McConnell down and told Freddy to stop being a pillock, but of course everyone Freddy knows will have been doing the acceptance and confirmation stuff, so there was nobody to tell Freddy the truth.

Good. The limits of a person's absolute right to define themselves in their subjectively chosen way has to be at the boundaries of other people's objective reality.

Freddie has had some very poor advice, either that or they are so self fixated that the rest of the world passes them by. Some people might think they have been manipulated by people and organisations that don’t have Freddie’s well being as a primary aim.

Applying to a fertility clinics only days after signing a legal document confirming that they intend to live as a man (so presumably had stopped taking testosterone for some time before the GRC application)

Demanding anonymity in their court cases despite cooperating with a very identifying documentary that even made it clear where they live.

I am pleased the court has made this decision. I watched the documentary and it seemed to me then that Freddie had a lot of unresolved issues which I hope they are getting proper support for.

I'm pleased about this. It's the child's document, not the parents. It should be legally factually accurate.

It's grim isn't it ThinEndOfTheWedge. "Gestational parent, birthers, breeders"
Of course, once they've dehumanised women one can only wonder what will happen to childhood and children? I suspect we're already seeing the beginning of it with the rights of children to grow, develop and struggle with puberty in a safe supported environment already being challenged by some adult groups.

So, is it the European Court of Human Rights next?

Gestational parent’ instead of mother anyone....?!

Looking for takers...

Don't even joke about it; there'll be plenty...

Thank Christ.

Good. I think that children have the right to know who gave birth to them and who their birth fathers are.

Moreover, we do not have evidence before this court as to how other members of society would feel if they were no longer to be referred to on their child's birth certificate as a mother or a father but simply as 'Parent 1' and 'Parent 2'

The changes in the way society works requested by the trans person have to be balanced by the interests and wishes of the rest of the people in society. It's been a long time coming. It's amazing that this reasoning went so badly out of fashion.

They could ask them. I'd support that in a heartbeat.

Definitely

The legislative scheme of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) required Mr McConnell to be registered as the mother of YY, rather than the father, parent or gestational parent.

‘Gestational parent’ instead of mother anyone....?!

Looking for takers...