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Transsexuals will be allowed to marry in their adoptive sex and apply for substitute birth certificates showing their new genders under proposals published by ministers in the UK today.

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UK transsexuals to get legal recognition of new genders

British ministers were today unveiling plans to allow transsexuals to get legal recognition of their new genders.

Fri, 13 Dec, 2002

Ireland now only EU State not to let transsexuals get married

IRELAND is now the only EU country not to recognise the right of transsexuals to marry following a European Court ruling that British law must permit any such future unions.

Fri, 12 Jul, 2002

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Campaigners demanding equal rights for transsexuals – including the right to marry – tonight claimed victory after two women who used to be men won backing from the European Court of Human Rights.

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