Talk:Legal aspects of transsexualism
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[edit] Cleanup
I added the cleanup tag since the South Africa text needs to be rewritten; possibly other sections as well. 83.177.66.212 13:12, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
- Indeed the South African stuff does need a re-write. The position IIRC is that the Apartheid Government actually passed a law granting rights to transsexuals and post apartheid these rights are now enshrined in the constitution. But I don't have references. Additionally the Australia, New Zealand and Canada are not in Africa!!:-) Wilmot1 23:13, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
This needs major work, seperating out into country-specific parts. Morwen - Talk 13:04, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- That too, but what's with the mess under Corbett vs Corbett? It looks like someone's put half the information about Australia's "Kevin" case under that - but it starts talking about the English decision, and then goes straight into talking about "Chisholm", without mentioning who the heck he is. Ambivalenthysteria 13:17, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I've taken a hacksaw to the UK bit, basically rewriting it entirely. The bit about medical treatment is rather anecdotal, I shall try to find references. Morwen - Talk 15:35, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Looks much better. Nice work! :) Ambivalenthysteria 15:45, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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- The UK section is very lucid. It certainly makes plain how deficient the United States section is, though admittedly conveying a correct and itemized understanding of rights, procedures, etc., in the 50 states is a much more difficult job. Wareh 18:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] UK legal issues
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- Historically in the United Kingdom, transsexual people had succeeded in getting their birth certificates changed and marriages conducted. However, this was not legally tested until the case of Corbett v Corbett in 1970, where Arthur Corbett attempted to annul his marriage to April Ashley on the grounds that transsexuals were not recognised in English law. It was decided that, for the purposes of marriage, a post-operative transsexual was considered to be of the sex they had at birth.
Hum. Where does the case of Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet come into this? Born female, changed gender in 1952, ruled legitimate heir to a baronetcy in 1968. Shimgray | talk | 21:25, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- That would be part of the "historically recognised until Corbett vs. Corbett". Reference and add it :)
- As a side note, I think the Corbett vs. Corbett case said that transsexuals changes sex for all purposes bar marriage, but also stated that the birth certificate shouldn't be changed. Thankfully the EU court finally overruled this recently (despite several prior attempts).
- Cheers! Lauren♫/∆ 00:56, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Passports and Australia
Just added in a new section, please feel free to keep an eye on it as new news comes in. I'm pretty sure that good ol' Downer will launch an appeal, just as the federal government appealed Kevin's case.
Lwollert 03:47, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
