http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040725/ap_on_he_me/legally_transgender_1
Sat Jul 24,10:53 PM ET
By VICKIE CHACHERE, Associated Press Writer
TAMPA, Fla. - Transgender people cannot marry as their new sex under Florida law, a state appeals court ruled Friday in setting aside a divorce ruling between a man — who once was a woman — and his wife.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland said people who undergo sex changes aren't recognized by their new sex under Florida's marriage laws, which ban same-sex marriages.
It was not known how many marriages the ruling affects since people are not required to prove their sex when seeking a marriage license in Florida.
The ruling came in the case of Michael Kantaras, who underwent a sex change operation in 1987 and then married his wife, Linda, two years later. His attorney, Karen Doering, called the court's decision "ridiculous."