The Half Way House of Partial Transition

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The Half Way House of Partial Transition

http://ts-si.org/global-warning/26859-the-half-way-house-of-partial-transition
9/23/10
by Lisa Jain Thompson     

A Western Australia court has ruled that two Female to Male (FtM) pre-op transsexuals are, in fact, still women in the eyes of Australian law. [N2] The legislation gives the state Gender Reassignment Board the authority to issue a certificate when a person transitions from one sex to the other and that is the catch.

The two FtM pre-ops had their breasts removed and were taking testosterone, but neither of them intends to have a full hysterectomy, have their vulvas altered into a male configuration, or have phalloplasty to construct a male looking penis. Both retained the ability to bear children given the right circumstances.

The court based its decision on the FtM pre-ops lack of male lack of male genital and reproductive physical characteristics and their decision to retain their female reproductive organs.