# Australian Court Case over Transexual Marriage. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-court-case-over-transexual-marriage/156509 "2003-02-21T07:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-court-case-over-transexual-marriage/156509/1 "2003-02-21T07:24:02Z")
While the Australian Federal Government may yet [appeal](http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-21feb2003-67.htm) the High Court’s decision, the fact that there’s a decision in their favour in the first place is very heart-warming, IMO. Kevin and Jenifer’s marriage is under attack because Kevin was born a female. The High Court decided that the gender at the time of marriage was more relevant than the gender at the time of birth. While I still fail to see why gender _or_ the government have anything to do with marriage, this at least feels like a step in a more tolerant direction. Here’s hoping the whole charade is fixed by a summary declaration that gender is totally irrelevant to marriage, allowing same-sex marriage as well as transexual marriages. I’m not expecting much, as our judges are reknown for being out of touch, but I can hope. Just wanted to share, as it made me that bit happier to think we might actually be getting somewhere. One day. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-court-case-over-transexual-marriage/156509/2 "2003-02-21T07:43:51Z")
Hooray for Australia. Please ship some of your common sense over here. Thanks.