EU court adviser says Britain was wrong to refuse transgender woman's pensionLUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Britain s rejection of a transgender woman s claim for a women s state pension because she was still married to her spouse from before her transition is discriminatory, an EU court adviser said on Tuesday.  Advocate General Michal Bobek of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) stated in a non-binding opinion that marriage status does not play a role in accessing state retirement pensions for people who are not transgender.  This amounts to direct discrimination on the basis of sex, which is not open to objective justification,  a news release of the opinion stated.  The opinion was issued for a case where a transgender woman - who was registered as a boy at birth but has lived as a woman since 1991 and had gender reassignment surgery in 1995 - in the UK applied for a state retirement pension when she turned 60 in 2008. According to UK law, a woman born before Apr. 6, 1950 must be 60 to access the state retirement pension, whereas for a man born before Dec. 6 1953 the age is 65. Her application was denied because she didn t apply for a full gender recognition certificate due to the fact that she remained married to a woman and her marriage would have been annulled at the time as same-sex marriage was not legal in Britain. The UK Supreme Court asked the ECJ if the requirement to be unmarried to recognize a change in gender, and thus determine the qualifying age for a state pension, was allowed under EU law.   The Advocate General concludes that there is unequal treatment since marital status does not play any role for cisgender persons in order to access a state retirement pension, whereas married transgender persons are subject to the requirement to annul their marriage,  the court s press release said. The court tends to follow the advice given by the advocate general in most cases, but it is not bound to do so. The advocate general stressed that this was not a case about same-sex marriage. Member states are not compelled to recognize same-sex marriage, and they can still determine the conditions under which a change of gender will be legally recognized. worldnews
eu court adviser says britain wrong refuse transgender woman pensionluxembourg reuters britain rejection transgender woman claim women state pension still married spouse transition discriminatory eu court adviser said tuesday advocate general michael book court justice european union ec stated opinion marriage status play role accessing state retirement pensions people transgender this amounts direct discrimination basis sex open objective justification news release opinion stated the opinion issued case transgender woman registered boy birth lived woman since gender reassignment surgery uk applied state retirement pension turned according uk law woman born apr must access state retirement pension whereas man born age her application denied apply full gender recognition certificate due fact remained married woman marriage would annulled time marriage legal britain the uk supreme court asked ec requirement unmarried recognize change gender thus determine qualifying age state pension allowed eu law the advocate general concludes unequal treatment since marital status play role cisgender persons order access state retirement pension whereas married transgender persons subject requirement annual marriage court press release said the court tends follow advice given advocate general cases bound the advocate general stressed case marriage member states compelled recognize marriage still determine conditions change gender legally recognized worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: EU court adviser says Britain was wrong to refuse transgender woman's pensionLUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Britain s rejection of a transgender woman s claim for a women s state pension because she was still married to her spouse from before her transition is discriminatory, an EU court adviser said on Tuesday.  Advocate General Michal Bobek of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) stated in a non-binding opinion that marriage status does not play a role in accessing state retirement pensions for people who are not transgender.  This amounts to direct discrimination on the basis of sex, which is not open to objective justification,  a news release of the opinion stated.  The opinion was issued for a case where a transgender woman - who was registered as a boy at birth but has lived as a woman since 1991 and had gender reassignment surgery in 1995 - in the UK applied for a state retirement pension when she turned 60 in 2008. According to UK law, a woman born before Apr. 6, 1950 must be 60 to access the state retirement pension, whereas for a man born before Dec. 6 1953 the age is 65. Her application was denied because she didn t apply for a full gender recognition certificate due to the fact that she remained married to a woman and her marriage would have been annulled at the time as same-sex marriage was not legal in Britain. The UK Supreme Court asked the ECJ if the requirement to be unmarried to recognize a change in gender, and thus determine the qualifying age for a state pension, was allowed under EU law.   The Advocate General concludes that there is unequal treatment since marital status does not play any role for cisgender persons in order to access a state retirement pension, whereas married transgender persons are subject to the requirement to annul their marriage,  the court s press release said. The court tends to follow the advice given by the advocate general in most cases, but it is not bound to do so. The advocate general stressed that this was not a case about same-sex marriage. Member states are not compelled to recognize same-sex marriage, and they can still determine the conditions under which a change of gender will be legally recognized. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: eu court adviser says britain wrong refuse transgender woman pensionluxembourg reuters britain rejection transgender woman claim women state pension still married spouse transition discriminatory eu court adviser said tuesday advocate general michael book court justice european union ec stated opinion marriage status play role accessing state retirement pensions people transgender this amounts direct discrimination basis sex open objective justification news release opinion stated the opinion issued case transgender woman registered boy birth lived woman since gender reassignment surgery uk applied state retirement pension turned according uk law woman born apr must access state retirement pension whereas man born age her application denied apply full gender recognition certificate due fact remained married woman marriage would annulled time marriage legal britain the uk supreme court asked ec requirement unmarried recognize change gender thus determine qualifying age state pension allowed eu law the advocate general concludes unequal treatment since marital status play role cisgender persons order access state retirement pension whereas married transgender persons subject requirement annual marriage court press release said the court tends follow advice given advocate general cases bound the advocate general stressed case marriage member states compelled recognize marriage still determine conditions change gender legally recognized worldnews