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US: Transgender man told he cannot divorce wife

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From Pink New UK:  http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/03/29/us-transgender-man-told-he-cannot-divorce-wife/

An Arizona judge has rejected a divorce petition from Thomas Beatie, a transgender father of three.

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29 March 2013

Maricopa County Family Court Judge Douglas Gerlach ruled on Friday that Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriages prevents Thomas Beatie’s nine-year marriage from being recognised as valid.

Judge Gerlach said he had no jurisdiction to approve a divorce because there was insufficient evidence that Mr Beatie was a man when he married Nancy Beatie in Hawaii.

The couple’s divorce plans stalled last summer when Judge Gerlach said he was unable to find legal authority defining a man as someone who can give birth.

Judge Gerlach said: “The decision here is not based on the conclusion that this case involves a same-sex marriage merely because one of the parties is a transsexual male, but instead, the decision is compelled by the fact that the parties failed to prove that (Thomas Beatie) was a transsexual male when they were issued their marriage license”.

Mr Beatie achieved global attention after giving birth to his first child, a girl named Susan Juliette, in the US state of Oregon in 2008.

He then went on to have two sons in 2009 and 2010 – Austin Alexander and Jensen James.

Complete article at:  http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/03/29/us-transgender-man-told-he-cannot-divorce-wife/



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