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Title: Texas Doesn't Know Whether Trans Folk Are Male or Female, So It Allowed 2 Dykes
Post by: Shana A on May 07, 2010, 08:54:12 AM
Post by: Shana A on May 07, 2010, 08:54:12 AM
Texas Doesn't Know Whether Trans Folk Are Male or Female, So It Allowed 2 Dykes to Marry
http://www.queerty.com/texas-doesnt-know-whether-trans-folk-are-male-or-female-so-it-allowed-2-dykes-to-marry-20100506/ (http://www.queerty.com/texas-doesnt-know-whether-trans-folk-are-male-or-female-so-it-allowed-2-dykes-to-marry-20100506/)
In 1999, Texas declared couples can only get married if one partner is male and one is female. In 2004 the state banned gay marriage. And then in 2009 the state insisted a post-operative transsexual's newly assigned gender overrides the gender stated on their birth certificate. So how'd the state handle a male-to-female transgender woman who wanted to marry her longtime girlfriend? They let them wed, but no one's sure if they should have.
http://www.queerty.com/texas-doesnt-know-whether-trans-folk-are-male-or-female-so-it-allowed-2-dykes-to-marry-20100506/ (http://www.queerty.com/texas-doesnt-know-whether-trans-folk-are-male-or-female-so-it-allowed-2-dykes-to-marry-20100506/)
In 1999, Texas declared couples can only get married if one partner is male and one is female. In 2004 the state banned gay marriage. And then in 2009 the state insisted a post-operative transsexual's newly assigned gender overrides the gender stated on their birth certificate. So how'd the state handle a male-to-female transgender woman who wanted to marry her longtime girlfriend? They let them wed, but no one's sure if they should have.