Taiwan Upholds Transgender Marriage In 'Benchmark' Ruling After Couple Has

[Amelia Pond]

Taiwan Upholds Transgender Marriage In 'Benchmark' Ruling After Couple Has License Revoked
Agence France Presse, 08/08/2013 4:03 pm EDT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/08/taiwan-upholds-transgender-marriage_n_3726493.html

Taiwanese authorities have agreed to uphold the marriage status of a local transgender couple, reversing a previous official decision in a ruling activists said would help the bid to legalise same sex marriage.

In what was hailed as a "benchmark" ruling, Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday decided that the marriage status of Abbygail Wu, 27, and her 29-year-old partner Jiyi Wu remained legal.

The couple both had surgery in July last year to transform them from men to women and were married in October.