Transsexual wants birth certificate amended
By Kellie Lazzaro and staff
Updated 2 hours 26 minutes ago
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/07/2866074.htmA Sydney transsexual man who wants his birth certificate amended has lodged a sex discrimination complaint against the New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Conor Montgomery, 50, was born female.
But a few years ago he borrowed $15,000 to have what transsexual men call top surgery - a double mastectomy and a chest reconstruction. He has also taken male hormones.
However Mr Montgomery has not had a hysterectomy or genital surgery because of health and financial reasons.
This means efforts to have the gender on his birth certificate amended have been refused, although his passport identifies him as male.
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Transsexual protests document confusion
April 7, 2010 - 2:24PM
AAP
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/transsexual-protests-document-confusion-20100407-rra2.htmlFemale-to-male transsexual Conor Montgomery says he is perfectly okay with his gender identity but federal and state laws are making him pay a heavy price.
Mr Montgomery, 50, holds an Australian passport stipulating his gender as male but on his birth certificate he is female because the NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages refuses to alter it.
On Wednesday, he delivered a petition to the Australian Human Rights Commission in Sydney alleging he had been discriminated against by the NSW and federal attorneys general.
