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torreycanyon.livejournal.comFrom FTM Australia
On 12th October 2001 His Honour Justice Richard Chisholm of the Family Court of Australia delivered a landmark judgement Re: Kevin and Jennifer -v- The Attorney General for the Commonwealth whereby a Sydney couple won their legal battle against the Commonwealth to have their marriage declared to be valid.
The decision, which declared the law of Australia, is of considerable legal and social significance; especially for people who have experienced transsexualism and other people who have experienced variation in their development or formation as human beings as well as their loved ones, family and friends.
The full text of the judgement can be accessed at http://www.familycourt.gov.au/judge/2001/html/rekevin_text.html
The singular question to be answered in the case was whether Kevin, the Applicant Husband, was a man for the purpose of the marriage law of Australia notwithstanding his transsexual background; Kevin being more commonly referred to as 'a post-operative female to male transsexual'.
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On 12th October 2001 His Honour Justice Richard Chisholm of the Family Court of Australia delivered a landmark judgement Re: Kevin and Jennifer -v- The Attorney General for the Commonwealth whereby a Sydney couple won their legal battle against the Commonwealth to have their marriage declared to be valid.
The decision, which declared the law of Australia, is of considerable legal and social significance; especially for people who have experienced transsexualism and other people who have experienced variation in their development or formation as human beings as well as their loved ones, family and friends.
The full text of the judgement can be accessed at http://www.familycourt.gov.au/judge/2001/html/rekevin_text.html
The singular question to be answered in the case was whether Kevin, the Applicant Husband, was a man for the purpose of the marriage law of Australia notwithstanding his transsexual background; Kevin being more commonly referred to as 'a post-operative female to male transsexual'.
( Read more... )