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right to marrytransgender rightsconsensus
W v Registrar of Marriages
(2013) 16 HKCFAR 112; [2013] 3 HKLRD 90
Key Principle
The constitutional right to marry (BL Art 37; BOR Art 19) requires that 'woman' in the Marriage Ordinance include a post-operative male-to-female transsexual; the biological-at-birth test in Corbett is too restrictive and absence of majority consensus cannot deny a minority's fundamental right.
Area of Law
Constitutional & Public Law
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