a failure by the court to maintain a dynamic and evolutive approach would indeed risk rendering it a bar to reform or improvement while the court had previously examined several complaints about the position of transsexuals in the uk without finding the state in violation of its obligations in this case the court found it was necessary to look at the situation in the light of presentday conditions in order to determine what is now the appropriate interpretation and application of the convention para see also see ebv yet the european court tends to use thisevolutiveapproach when it perceives a convergence of standards among member states thus a still controversial familyrelated issue is samesex marriage the european court has refused to recognize the denial of samesex marriage as being in violation of the convention art states enjoy a wid e margin of a ppreciation