European judges to examine married transgender person's demand for a pension

The case of a transgender person in England who was refused the female state pension at the age of 60 after she chose to stay married is to be looked at by judges in Europe.

The move follows a hearing at the UK's highest court last month in the case of MB, who transitioned from male to female but decided as a Christian to stay married "in the sight of God" to her wife and the mother of their two children - a decision that blocked her entitlement to the pension.