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Title: Western Australian transsexual ruling
Post by: Lutin on September 02, 2009, 08:15:27 PM
Post by: Lutin on September 02, 2009, 08:15:27 PM
http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/4428/Transsexual-Men-Win-Case.htm (http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/4428/Transsexual-Men-Win-Case.htm)
After a year long campaign to have their gender reassigned, two Western Australian men are now legally the gender they identify as and their case is an optimistic win for other transsexual men and women in the state.
Approaching the Gender Reassignment Board of Western Australia in early 2008, the two men, whose names have been legally suppressed, say it was a long and difficult process. Having undergone mastectomies and testosterone treatment, the men were denied reassignment because they had not had hysterectomies. Both men applied to The State Administrative Tribunal to have the decision reviewed.
Today, however...
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/5908129/wa-fights-transsexual-ruling/ (http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/5908129/wa-fights-transsexual-ruling/)
The WA Attorney-General will appeal against a court decision which allowed two women who have changed their gender to be legally considered men, despite still having female reproductive organs.
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The State Administrative Tribunal found the Act didn't require reproductive surgery, and the pair could be legally considered men even with female reproductive organs.
After a year long campaign to have their gender reassigned, two Western Australian men are now legally the gender they identify as and their case is an optimistic win for other transsexual men and women in the state.
Approaching the Gender Reassignment Board of Western Australia in early 2008, the two men, whose names have been legally suppressed, say it was a long and difficult process. Having undergone mastectomies and testosterone treatment, the men were denied reassignment because they had not had hysterectomies. Both men applied to The State Administrative Tribunal to have the decision reviewed.
Today, however...
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/5908129/wa-fights-transsexual-ruling/ (http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/5908129/wa-fights-transsexual-ruling/)
The WA Attorney-General will appeal against a court decision which allowed two women who have changed their gender to be legally considered men, despite still having female reproductive organs.
...
The State Administrative Tribunal found the Act didn't require reproductive surgery, and the pair could be legally considered men even with female reproductive organs.