55Such a hindrance may also result from the refusal by those authorities to recognise the change of gender identity made pursuant to the procedures laid down for that purpose in the Member State in which a Union citizen exercised his or her freedom of movement and residence, whether or not that change is linked to a change of first name, as in the present case. Like a name, gender defines a person’s identity and personal status. Consequently, the refusal to amend and recognise the gender identity which a national of one Member State has lawfully acquired in another Member State is liable to cause ‘serious inconvenience’ for that national at administrative, professional and private levels, within the meaning of the Court’s case-law (see, to that effect, judgment of 2 June 2016, Bogendorff von Wolffersdorff, C‑438/14, EU:C:2016:401, paragraph 38 and the case-law cited).
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