In a recent case, a person that underwent a sex-change operation was barred from marrying her fiancee. Doing so would be against the law, which prohibits same-sex marriages. Although the...
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A group of transsexuals complained to lawmakers yesterday over a range of policies which they said discriminated against them.
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