Last week, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia introduced legislation that would allow married transgender people to have their genders legally recognised without requiring a divorce to do so. Due to the illegality of same sex marriages in Australia, most Australian states and territories (with the exception of the Australian Capital Territory), require transgender […]
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against a transgender women who wishes to have her gender legally recognised. Heli, 49, is unable to have her gender legally recognised unless she has her marriage of 18 years converted into a civil partnership, due to Finland’s ban on same sex marriages. Finland’s legal requirements for […]
The state of Victoria has invalidated the marriage of a trans man and his wife. Paige Phoenix was able to marry his female partner because the Australian government had granted him a passport stating his gender as male. The State of Victoria invalidated their union because of a state law that requires a transgender person […]
