Legal Opinion
Anonymous v. Weiner
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 18, 1966PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph A. Sarafite, J.
Petitioner instituted this article 78 CPLR proceeding, in the nature of mandamus, for an order directing respondent to change the sex designated on petitioner’s birth certificate from “ male ” to “ female ” and, consonant therewith, to change the given name thereon to one assumed by petitioner subsequent to birth and to issue and substitute a new certificate.
The petitioner is a transsexual. (See Benjamin, Clinical Aspects of Transsexualism in the Male and Female, vol. 18, No. 3, American Journal of Psychotherapy, 458-469 [July, 1964]; Benjamin, Nature and Management of Transsexualism: With a…
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- M. T. v. J. T.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976
- In re AnonymousCivil Court of the City of New York · 1968
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- K v. Health Div., Dept. of Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1976
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