Aussie gov't apologizes to transsexual
Published: Oct. 31, 2009 at 9:25 PM
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2009/10/31/Aussie-govt-apologizes-to-transsexual/UPI-64381257038752/SYDNEY, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A transsexual has won an apology from the Australian government for having to travel on a passport identifying her as a man, officials confirm.
Stefanie Imbruglia, 42, a first cousin of pop singer Natalie Imbruglia, applied for a passport in 2007 to travel to Bangkok for sex reassignment surgery. Having already lived for two years as a woman, she asked to be identified on her passport as a female, but the government denied her request.
With the passport identifying her as a male, Imbruglia says she was subjected to ridicule by passport officers in both Australia and at the airport when she arrived in Bangkok.
