New York City Adopts Equal Access Policy For Marriage Licenses For Trans People
Transgriot
By Monica Roberts
08 March, 2011
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The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund announced that the city of New York has adopted a new policy that took effect on February 7, 2011 that ensures trans people equal access to marriage licenses.
Transpeople in New York City have had issues interacting with the City Clerk's office when trying to obtain marriage licenses. There was the highly publicized case of Jason Stenson and transwoman Kimah Nelson who legally obtained a marriage license, were married ten days after doing so on May 26, 2009 but when news broke that Kimah was trans the license was retroactively revoked.