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Title: Transgender Australians win landmark court case
Post by: SandraJane on October 06, 2011, 08:37:08 AM
Post by: SandraJane on October 06, 2011, 08:37:08 AM
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Transgender Australians win landmark court case
Australia's highest court rules transgender pair can be legally recognised as men despite not completing sex-change surgeries
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 6 October 2011 03.54 EDT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/transgender-australians-win-court-case (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/transgender-australians-win-court-case)
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Two transgender people have won an appeal in Australia's highest court giving them legal recognition as men despite not completing sex-change surgeries.
Transgender and intersex organisations praised the ruling as a precedent that would spare others from having to undergo medically unnecessary surgery to have their chosen gender recognised.
Transgender Australians win landmark court case
Australia's highest court rules transgender pair can be legally recognised as men despite not completing sex-change surgeries
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 6 October 2011 03.54 EDT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/transgender-australians-win-court-case (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/transgender-australians-win-court-case)
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Two transgender people have won an appeal in Australia's highest court giving them legal recognition as men despite not completing sex-change surgeries.
Transgender and intersex organisations praised the ruling as a precedent that would spare others from having to undergo medically unnecessary surgery to have their chosen gender recognised.