{"id":4910,"date":"2026-01-01T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2026-01-01T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:53:41","slug":"for-the-first-time-she-could-tell-people-who-she-was-irelands-gender-recognition-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/01\/for-the-first-time-she-could-tell-people-who-she-was-irelands-gender-recognition-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018For the first time, she could tell people who she was\u2019: Ireland\u2019s gender recognition decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As Ireland marks the 10th anniversary of its Gender Recognition Act, which allows for gender self-identification, the legislation is being celebrated for the relief and dignity it has brought to transgender citizens. However, the anniversary comes amidst a rising tide of &#8220;gender-critical&#8221; activism and political opposition that was largely absent when the law first passed. Campaigners warn that the consensus which allowed the law to pass is fracturing under new social pressures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> December 23, 2025. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2025\/dec\/23\/ireland-gender-recognition-act-decade\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Ireland marks the 10th anniversary of its Gender Recognition Act, which allows for gender self-identification, the legislation is being celebrated for the relief and dignity it has brought to transgender citizens. However, the anniversary comes amidst a rising tide of &#8220;gender-critical&#8221; activism and political opposition that was largely absent when the law first passed. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":4912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender-equality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4914,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910\/revisions\/4914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}