Trans Woman Denied The Fundamental Right To Marry In Reno, Nevada
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 11:30:00 AM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/15560/trans-woman-denied-the-fundamental-right-to-marry-in-reno-nevada (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/15560/trans-woman-denied-the-fundamental-right-to-marry-in-reno-nevada)
Marriage -- at the very least marriage between a legally identified male and a legally identified female -- is considered a fundamental right in the United States. This fundamental right was spelled out by Cheif Justice Earl Warren within the language of the United States Supreme Court ruling Loving v. Virginia. The above quote is from that ruling.
However, which sex and/or gender is the opposite sex and/or gender of a preoperative trans person is apparently is of great concern to the marriage license issuers in Shasta County, Nevada (Which includes the city of Reno). Are trans people somehow legally third-gendered, and not able to legally marry anyone at all?
not surprised, but of course in ohio being trans female i can still legally marry a biological female or trans man because they refuse to change your BC even if you have had any kind of SRS...but that works for me but not everyone.