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1. News - Hong Kong - COURTS

   Sex-change bride says court victory is God's will as Christian group stays cautious

   Posted May 15th 2013, 12:00am by Patsy Moy, Jennifer Ngo, Simpson Cheung

   ... News Hong Kong Transsexual God Patsy Moy, Simpson Cheung and Jennifer Ngo Former man admits she sometimes doubted whether her path was the right one, but legal victory has renewed her faith and her dreams A transsexual who plans to marry her boyfriend in church after winning a legal battle on Monday said yesterday her victory was an answer from God that she "did ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1237811/sex-change-bride-says-ruling-gods-will
2. News - Hong Kong - COURTS

   Doubts cast on place of transsexuals in gender-specific laws

   Posted Apr 17th 2013, 12:00am by Austin Chiu

   ... News Hong Kong Courts Transsexual Austin Chiu austin.chiu@scmp.com It was inaccurate for lawyers of a transsexual woman to suggest she was recognised as a woman under many gender-specific laws, government lawyers told the top court yesterday. Monica Carss-Frisk QC, for the Registrar of Marriages, said it was unclear if the transsexual, identified only as W, would be regarded ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1216245/doubts-cast-place-transsexuals-gender-specific-laws
3. Comment - Letters

   Concept of family so important

   Posted May 20th 2013, 12:00am by LETTERS

   ... Comment Letters Marriage Transsexual Family The Court of Final Appeal case of W v Registrar of Marriages made headlines in Hong Kong and around the world ("Transsexual granted right to wed", May 14). While clarifying the situation for transsexuals may be positive, I am concerned that the court has gone too far in potentially changing the definition of marriage and weakening ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1241502/concept-family-so-important
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Court ruling on transgender marriage raises hopes for other minorities

   Posted May 21st 2013, 12:00am by CORA CHAN

   ... allow transsexuals to marry in their desired gender if there was a consensus on this issue, which was not the case. It would be undemocratic for judges to change the meaning of marriage without ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1242095/court-ruling-transgender-marriage-raises-hopes-other
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   New laws needed to protect rights of all Hong Kong's transsexuals

   Posted May 17th 2013, 12:00am by SAM WINTER

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Transsexual Gender issue Legal Sam Winter Sam Winter calls for new laws to address the rights of transsexuals, not only regarding marriage, but in recognising their gender without the requirement of drastic surgery Sally is a young Hong Kong Chinese woman. She is bright, attractive, likeable - and transsexual. Born with a male anatomy, she has been ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1239095/new-laws-needed-protect-rights-all-hong-kongs-transsexuals
6. News - Hong Kong - COURTS

   Transsexuals call for laws to help minorities

   Posted May 14th 2013, 12:00am by Stuart Lau, Joyce Ng

   ... News Hong Kong Transsexuals Mimi Wong Discrimination Stuart Lau and Joyce Ng After legal victory allowing her to wed, ‘W’ says the fight is not over and leading campaigner says more must be done to end discrimination While the transsexual identified only as W can look forward at last to a "magical" wedding to her boyfriend, she says much more needs to be done to protect ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1237042/transsexuals-call-laws-help-minorities
7. News - Hong Kong - LETTER OF THE LAW

   Mainland homosexuals take lead in asking for fair deal

   Posted May 14th 2013, 12:00am by DR KAREN LEE

   ... News Hong Kong Transsexual Mainland homosexuals Dr Karen Lee Public acceptance of sexual preferences is not keeping up with modern legal reforms, but more and more people are demanding equal rights On the day when a Hong Kong transsexual won the right to marry as a woman, New Zealand had already become the first Asia-Pacific country to legalise same-sex marriage. While ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1236957/mainland-homosexuals-take-lead-asking-fair-deal
8. Post-wedding sex change results in same-sex spouse

   Posted Aug 11th 2010, 12:00am by Joyce Man

   ... legislation when it comes to transsexuals. As the law is now interpreted, a couple must comprise chromosomal opposites, meaning a post-operative transsexual woman is in theory barred from marrying ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/721848/post-wedding-sex-change-results-same-sex-spouse
9. News - Hong Kong - SOCIETY

   Transsexual in top court bid to marry her boyfriend

   Posted Apr 16th 2013, 12:00am by Austin Chiu

   ... Yesterday, Pannick sought to argue that the words "woman" and "female" in sections 21 and 40 of the Marriage Ordinance included a post-operative male-to-female transsexual ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1215490/transsexual-top-court-bid-marry-her-boyfriend
10. Magazines - Post Magazine

    When you're strange

    Posted Jan 27th 2013, 12:00am by Gary Jones

    ... Magazines Post Magazine Jerry Hopkins transsexuals Gary Jones Jerry Hopkins has built a career on the bizarre - and a book about The Doors singer Jim Morrison. The cult biographer talks to Gary Jones about chemical highs, financial lows and his fascination with the transsexuals of Bangkok The brazen hedonism of Bangkok agrees with American writer Jerry Hopkins. Cult author ...

    http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1134302/when-youre-strange

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