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Title: Gay Fil-Ams Welcome Legal Unions
Post by: Shana A on May 29, 2008, 07:29:26 PM
Post by: Shana A on May 29, 2008, 07:29:26 PM
Gay Fil-Ams Welcome Legal Unions
Philippine News, News Report, Lance Cardozo Dwyer, Posted: May 29, 2008
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=a49459fe574599babb8a12594b380166 (http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=a49459fe574599babb8a12594b380166)
SAN FRANCISCO — May 15, 2008 will go down as a monumental day in American history, though its significance will mean different things to many different people. It is the day that the California Supreme Court voted 4-3 to allow same-sex couples in the state to marry. The ramifications of this decision will be vast, but as San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom pointed out, "At the end of the day, this is about real lives."
Darel Ayap, 26, represents a group of people slightly more excited about the ruling than Kamlley, though the impact for her is different as a Filipina transgender woman.
Prior to the ruling, transgender women who wanted to get married to a male had to have gender reassignment surgery and change their sex on their birth certificate. As what is considered in the community as "non-op" or "pre-op," meaning she has not had gender reassignment surgery, Ayap can now get married under California law even without ever changing her gender on her birth certificate. "Getting the operation is not an option for me, and since my partner is male we now have an option of getting married, it's exciting," said Ayap.
Philippine News, News Report, Lance Cardozo Dwyer, Posted: May 29, 2008
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=a49459fe574599babb8a12594b380166 (http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=a49459fe574599babb8a12594b380166)
SAN FRANCISCO — May 15, 2008 will go down as a monumental day in American history, though its significance will mean different things to many different people. It is the day that the California Supreme Court voted 4-3 to allow same-sex couples in the state to marry. The ramifications of this decision will be vast, but as San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom pointed out, "At the end of the day, this is about real lives."
Darel Ayap, 26, represents a group of people slightly more excited about the ruling than Kamlley, though the impact for her is different as a Filipina transgender woman.
Prior to the ruling, transgender women who wanted to get married to a male had to have gender reassignment surgery and change their sex on their birth certificate. As what is considered in the community as "non-op" or "pre-op," meaning she has not had gender reassignment surgery, Ayap can now get married under California law even without ever changing her gender on her birth certificate. "Getting the operation is not an option for me, and since my partner is male we now have an option of getting married, it's exciting," said Ayap.