Sexual orientation equality campaigners staged a demonstration demanding the legalization of same-sex marriage in Hong Kong.
His lawyer said he was enrolled as a woman in the passport and ID card, and be always considered as women in every aspect of his life.
Hong Kong's civil registry office refused to marry because her birth certificate still records him as a man.
Government believes he can not marry because Hong Kong law prohibits same-sex marriage.
"The law marriage can and should recognize that sexual identity can be changed,'' said attorney W., David Pannick.
He added that the issue of same-sex marriage does not apply to this case, and W sex change operation done on medical necessity and carried out in public hospitals are funded by the government budget.
Robert Ribeiro, one of the trial judge when asked if the issue could be resolved in persidanganm, said:'' The issue may be resolved through legislation.''
W took the case to the Court of Final Appeal after the High Court rejected the case in Hong Kong in 2010.
At that time, High Court Judge Andrew Cheung said he did not see any evidence to support a change'' social consensus in Hong Kong related to marriage include postoperative transsexual''.
Transsexuals who have undergone sex-change operations are allowed to marry in some countries, including China, some European countries and Canada.
Hong Kong, a British colony until 1997, has the freedom of autonomy from Beijing.
Government set based on the principle of'' one country, two systems'', which China agreed to maintain the economic and social system for 50 years from the date of the colony.
A transsexual filed with the Court of Final Appeal Hong Kong in order to marry boyfriend brother.
Identified with the initials W - born a man and underwent a sex-change
operation in a hospital a few years ago - arguing that he is now
officially a woman. His lawyer said he was enrolled as a woman in the passport and ID card, and be always considered as women in every aspect of his life.
Hong Kong's civil registry office refused to marry because her birth certificate still records him as a man.
Government believes he can not marry because Hong Kong law prohibits same-sex marriage.
"The law marriage can and should recognize that sexual identity can be changed,'' said attorney W., David Pannick.
He added that the issue of same-sex marriage does not apply to this case, and W sex change operation done on medical necessity and carried out in public hospitals are funded by the government budget.
'Social consensus'
W's birth certificate, which can not be changed under Hong Kong law, still records him as a man.Robert Ribeiro, one of the trial judge when asked if the issue could be resolved in persidanganm, said:'' The issue may be resolved through legislation.''
W took the case to the Court of Final Appeal after the High Court rejected the case in Hong Kong in 2010.
At that time, High Court Judge Andrew Cheung said he did not see any evidence to support a change'' social consensus in Hong Kong related to marriage include postoperative transsexual''.
Transsexuals who have undergone sex-change operations are allowed to marry in some countries, including China, some European countries and Canada.
Hong Kong, a British colony until 1997, has the freedom of autonomy from Beijing.
Government set based on the principle of'' one country, two systems'', which China agreed to maintain the economic and social system for 50 years from the date of the colony.
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