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I sued the UK to be legally recognised as nonbinary about two years ago. The original hearing was a year ago, and unfortunately the judges ruled against me, but I was granted permission to appeal.

My lawyers filed the "skeleton argument" (basically a summary) for the appeal on Friday.

If you're not familiar with my case, there's a few key pieces:

• UK law does not have any explicit enumeration of what genders can be legally recognised.
• The Gender Recognition Act, under certain circumstances, allows "legal gender" to be established based on foreign law.

The primary legal argument is that by the letter of the law, I'm entitled to have a Gender Recognition Certificate issued that matches my birth certificate which lists me as "nonbinary". Some points have also been raised under human rights laws, but they're secondary.

This case is eye-wateringly expensive. I've already spent about £100k of my own money on top of what's been donated. Between my legal fees and the government's, I currently owe at least another £100k.

I work in tech, and have done well for myself, but I am not independently wealthy.

I need help with my costs.

I have CrowdJustice (money goes directly to my lawyers) and GoFundMe (money goes to me) pages, both of which can accept international donations (e.g. USD).

Please boost this, and share elsewhere as much as you can.

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/non-binary-recognition/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/legalise-nonbinary-uk-help-cover-ryans-legal-costs

I keep forgetting that I should post this with hashtags.

@Hyolobrika I would be perfectly happy if the concept of a legal sex or gender were abolished.

Being legally considered something I am not and that I cannot pass as is, however, genuinely distressing.