Sex change woman wins right to pension at 60

Christine Timbrell was born Christopher Timbrell in 1941, but had surgery to change her gender in 2000, the Guardian reports. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) said Timbrell could not claim her pension, because she had not divorced her wife, Joy, and her new gender status was not recognised in law. Timbrell's sex-change operation was carried out with the knowledge and consent of her wife and they continue to live together as a married couple, and have two children. She applied to the HMRC national insurance contributions office for her state pension in 2002, which she asked to be backdat...