Transsexual Marriage Licenses Denied Hong Kong Court

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, HONG KONG - A transsexual is suing the government of Hong Kong in the request that has never happened to marry his new gender, lost the hearing in the trial Selasa.Hakim considers that this problem is not a court that could determine.

A Chinese woman, aged 20-something years old and known only as "W" under the laws of anonymity, is one of several people who had surgery to change gender in public hospitals in Hong Kong, and he has changed the gender on his identity card.

But marriage court decision last year gave the city, he could not marry his girlfriend because his birth certificate - which can not be changed under the laws of Hong Kong - still claimed he was the men's High Court laki.Hakim Andrew Cheung said the lack of evidence to "demonstrate consensus Hong Kong's modern society of marriage that included post-operative transsexuals. "

"Courts should not rush to substitute valuation represents ... the government or the legislature in Hong Kong," added Cheung.Cina mainland, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan already allow transsexual people to marry the opposite of his new gender, said Michael Vidler, lawyers W .