http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-immig6dec06,1,3049096.story
Immigration services refuses residency to a man whose wife had a sex-change operation.
By Ann M. Simmons, Times Staff Writer
A Los Angeles couple are suing U.S. immigration services for refusing to recognize their marriage and denying the husband permanent residency because the wife underwent sex reassignment surgery to become a woman.
Donita Secusana Ganzon, 58, had her surgery almost 24 years ago. She married Philippine native Jiffy Hojilla Javellana, 27, three years ago after he legally entered the country that year on a fiance's visa.
In July, immigration authorities denied Javellana's application for permanent U.S. residency as the husband of a U.S. citizen, saying the federal government does not recognize the marriage of two people born of the same sex. Javellana is now required to leave the country.