Hong Kong transsexual battles for right to marry after sex op
Posted : Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:52:17 GMT
By : dpa
Asia World News
   
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Hong Kong - A Hong Kong transsexual was preparing Wednesday for a High Court battle for the right to marry a man after having a sex change operation to become a woman. The transsexual, who is in her 20s and has asked to remain anonymous, has been told she cannot marry her boyfriend because Hong Kong law only recognizes marriages between a couple born as male and female.

She has now won leave for a judicial review of the ruling by the Registrar of Marriages in a landmark hearing.

Marriages of transsexuals to people of their original gender are possible in Japan, South Korea, Singapore and parts of mainland China as well as countries in Europe.