Czech courts kick can down the road over legal recognition of non-binary people

A top court in the Czech Republic has refused to let a non-binary person change their state identification to reflect their gender identity.

The Czech Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday (21 June) that the courts have no power to change this – it is up to parliamentarians.

The complainant hoped to change what they saw as the gender marker on their rodné číslo, a unique 10-digit number assigned to every person living in the central European country, to “neutral”.

A rodné číslo is a vital part of Czech life. Given at birth, the number is needed for applying to jobs, accessing social welfare and health insurance programmes and paying taxes.

The complainant’s rodné číslo says they are legally male, they argued. They said the Department of Administrative Activities, which assigns rodné číslos and part of the

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