Transsexual fights to be a woman

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Sydney – An Australian transsexual is taking on the government over the gender on her passport before she travels for sex-change surgery in Thailand, a report said on Sunday.

Stefanie Imbruglia, a first cousin of pop star Natalie Imbruglia, told The Sun-Herald that legislation enacted three months ago prevented her listing an “intended” sex on her passport.

As a result, when she travels to Thailand in October, she will be required either to travel on a passport naming her as a man, Stephen Imbruglia, or on a document of identity that would leave her genderless.