Be Afraid, Be Very Very Afraid

[Natasha]

Be Afraid, Be Very Very Afraid

http://hoydenabouttown.com/20090904.6512/be-afraid-be-very-very-afraid/
Queen Emily
8/4/09

Two and a half weeks ago, two trans men from Western Australia won the right to change the sex marker on their birth certificates without their having had hysterectomies. Though this may seem rather minor from the outside, the ruling by the Western Australian State Admin Tribunal was an important victory for transsexual and transgender rights in Western Australia, moving document change away from expensive and painful genital surgery. Yesterday, however, the West Australian Attorney General Christian Porter announced that the State would be appealing the decision.


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