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June 3, 2004, 6:08AM
Original suit sought annulment, citing laws on same-sex marriages
By HARVEY RICE
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
A transsexual's attempt to get a regular divorce stalled Wednesday after she refused to be certified as a man, leaving a Harris County judge presiding over a divorce trial between two women.
The refusal by Linda Gail Carter, who legally changed her sex from male to female in May 1998, came during the first day of her trial for divorce from Constance D. Gonzalez.
Carter's refusal to certify that she is a man undercut an attempt by her attorney, Elsie Martin-Simon, to try the case as a regular divorce before State Family Court Judge Lisa Millard.
Millard has imposed a gag order on the participants because of publicity surrounding the case.