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Title: Russian Court Orders Local Authorities to Recognize Transsexual’s New Gender
Post by: Olivia P on July 02, 2014, 05:44:24 AM
Post by: Olivia P on July 02, 2014, 05:44:24 AM
June 26 2014
A Chelyabinsk court has ruled in favor of a transsexual who took the local civil registry office to court over its refusal to recognize his newly acquired gender, Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported Thursday.
The plaintiff was born a female, but underwent a sex-change operation in March to become a man.
Still, the office refused to formally reflect his new gender in the civil registry, insisting that he present "medical proof."
More: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-court-orders-local-authorities-to-recognize-transsexuals-new-gender/502582.html
A Chelyabinsk court has ruled in favor of a transsexual who took the local civil registry office to court over its refusal to recognize his newly acquired gender, Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported Thursday.
The plaintiff was born a female, but underwent a sex-change operation in March to become a man.
Still, the office refused to formally reflect his new gender in the civil registry, insisting that he present "medical proof."
More: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-court-orders-local-authorities-to-recognize-transsexuals-new-gender/502582.html