Michael Vidler, lawyer for W, speaks to media outside Court of Final Appeal after the court ruled that transsexuals have the right to get married in May last year. Photo: K. Y. Cheng Michael Vidler, lawyer for W, speaks to media outside Court of Final Appeal after the court ruled that transsexuals have the right to get married in May last year. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Michael Vidler, lawyer for W, speaks to media outside Court of Final Appeal after the court ruled that transsexuals have the right to get married in May last year. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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Draft law to define who is transgender is expected to provoke debate

Full sex change surgery would be required for legal recognition

Joanna Chiu
Joanna Chiu

Updated: 10:11am, 2 Mar, 2014

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Michael Vidler, lawyer for W, speaks to media outside Court of Final Appeal after the court ruled that transsexuals have the right to get married in May last year. Photo: K. Y. Cheng Michael Vidler, lawyer for W, speaks to media outside Court of Final Appeal after the court ruled that transsexuals have the right to get married in May last year. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Michael Vidler, lawyer for W, speaks to media outside Court of Final Appeal after the court ruled that transsexuals have the right to get married in May last year. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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