Are There Transsexuals here who have successfully married?

[transjen]

I'm not married yet but will be soon, As far as paperwork goes after SRS you are given a letter from your surgeon stating your new gender then you can get all the proper paperwork declaring your new gender, Here in the US it's a hassle but once it's all done i can legaly marry a man Jennifer

[ila]

My desire is to marry the girl of my dreams.

[Rambam]

Is it possible to marry as a tgirl in the Phils? Or do you wanna marry a guy outside the Phils?

[hankhavelock]

Originally Posted by transjen

I'm not married yet but will be soon, As far as paperwork goes after SRS you are given a letter from your surgeon stating your new gender then you can get all the proper paperwork declaring your new gender, Here in the US it's a hassle but once it's all done i can legaly marry a man Jennifer

Yes Jen, but here you're actually bringing a whole new aspect into the debately - namely, what does it take for a transsexual woman to be considered a LEGAL women in respective countries.

These laws also differ from country to country. But I would guess, that if a transsexual woman undergoes what ever her country demands of physical harm to be considered a LEGAL woman and then is issued a new female identity including docs and pass port, then even countries that might have different rules for administering genders will have to oblige.

We really should study this and post a listing here on this forum about the laws in different states and countries... it's complicated.

[tslust]

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

Yes Jen, but here you're actually bringing a whole new aspect into the debately - namely, what does it take for a transsexual woman to be considered a LEGAL women in respective countries.

These laws also differ from country to country. But I would guess, that if a transsexual woman undergoes what ever her country demands of physical harm to be considered a LEGAL woman and then is issued a new female identity including docs and pass port, then even countries that might have different rules for administering genders will have to oblige.

We really should study this and post a listing here on this forum about the laws in different states and countries... it's complicated.

In a few States, even if you get the SRS, they still won't legally recognize you as a woman.

[hankhavelock]

Originally Posted by tslust

In a few States, even if you get the SRS, they still won't legally recognize you as a woman.

That, I'm sure, is quite right. It's a jungle, really.

My next point, then, would be to challenge the inhumane laws that actually demand of a transsexual woman to undergo SRS (to be both castrated and having her penis mutilated) to be recognized as a legal woman.

Transsexuality happens between the ears, not between the legs.

Demanding SRS is a BARBARIC torture implied on trans*woman by a basicly hetero fashistic society to whom gender is defined by genitalia.

Now, if they would AT LEAST be biologically consistent and demand a full change of the cromosomes they would at least have a point.

But again, this is not the right thread for this :-)

[tslust]

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

My next point, then, would be to challenge the inhumane laws that actually demand of a transsexual woman to undergo SRS (to be both castrated and having her penis mutilated) to be recognized as a legal woman.

Transsexuality happens between the ears, not between the legs.

I couldn't agree with you more. Personally, I want to keep my penis. I know that some girls don't like their penis and can't wait to have theirs removed.

[hankhavelock]

Originally Posted by tslust

I couldn't agree with you more. Personally, I want to keep my penis. I know that some girls don't like their penis and can't wait to have theirs removed.

Yes, and if she wants it removed, then it is HER choice! That "choice" should not be "made easier" by external forces... I will start a new thread on this in a little while... it's a very important matter...

[mr. macaque]

requiring srs does seem to be an arbitrary way of defining gender for the purposes of marriage. but let's not forget that america is a democracy, and if more than half of the electorate defines marriage as only between a (genetic) woman and a man, then that's that.

i take a zen-like approach to these kinds of questions...progress comes very slowly in our world...