20The United Kingdom Government contends that both male and female workers with partners to whom they are not married are unable to benefit from the survivor's benefits provided for by the NHS Pension Scheme. That is true whatever the reason for the parties not being married. It does not make any difference whether the reason why a particular employee cannot satisfy the requirement is because the employee has a homosexual partner, as in Case C-249/96 Grant [1998] ECR I-621, or is because he has a transsexual partner, as in the present case, or is some other reason.
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