香港变性女子赢得结婚权利
<p><span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="handed">handed</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="groundbreaking">groundbreaking</span> <span word="ruling">ruling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="transgender">transgender</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="marry">marry</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="boyfriend">boyfriend</span>.</p><p>香港终审法院做出了一项史无前例的裁决，允许一名变性女子嫁给她的男友。</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="appeal">appeal</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="transgender">transgender</span>--<span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="physical">physical</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sexual">sexual</span> <span word="characteristics">characteristics</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="match">match</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="gender">gender</span> <span word="identity">identity</span>--<span word="shouldn">shouldn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="wed">wed</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="appellant">appellant</span>, <span word="identified">identified</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="as">as</span> '<span word="W">W</span>,' <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> 30<span word="s">s</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="underwent">underwent</span> <span word="sex">sex</span>-<span word="reassignment">reassignment</span> <span word="surgery">surgery</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2008.</p><p>周一，香港终审法院说，变性不该成为阻止一个人结婚的理由。所谓“变性”是指，一个人的生理特征和性特征可能与其性别认同不一致。此案中的上诉人在法庭文件中被称为“<span word="W">W</span>”，是一名30多岁的女子，2008年在香港做了变性手术。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="its">its</span> 4-1 <span word="ruling">ruling</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="transgender">transgender</span> <span word="people">people</span>. '<span word="The">The</span> <span word="greatest">greatest</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="urgent">urgent</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="constitutional">constitutional</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="apt">apt</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="minority">minority</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="misunderstood">misunderstood</span> <span word="minority">minority</span>,' <span word="the">the</span> <span word="judgment">judgment</span> <span word="ran">ran</span>.</p><p>香港终审法院以4票赞成、1票反对做出这项裁决。法院说有必要保护跨性别人士的权利。裁决说，那些少数人群总是最需要宪法保护，尤其是其中被误解的少数。</p><p><span word="Furthermore">Furthermore</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="defining">defining</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="to">to</span> '<span word="adopt">adopt</span> <span word="criteria">criteria</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="fixed">fixed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relevant">relevant</span> <span word="person">person</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="regarded">regarded</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="immutable">immutable</span>,' <span word="the">the</span> <span word="judges">judges</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span>. <span word="To">To</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="so">so</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="adopt">adopt</span> <span word="a">a</span> '<span word="blinkered">blinkered</span> <span word="view">view</span>.'</p>
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