New York Judge William P. Polito has denied a request from transsexual Sarah Rockefeller to change his name to Evan, saying Rockefeller must provide medical evidence first that he is suffering from "gender identity disorder.".New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Judge William P. Polito has denied a request from transsexual trans·sex·u·al n. A person who strongly identifies with the opposite gender and who chooses to live as a member of the opposite gender or to become one by surgery. adj. 1. Of or relating to such a person. 2. Sarah Rockefeller to change his name to Evan, saying Rockefeller must provide medical evidence first that he is suffering from "gender identity disorder Gender Identity Disorder Definition The psychological diagnosis gender identity disorder (GID) is used to describe a male or female that feels a strong identification with the opposite sex and experiences considerable distress because of their actual ." Polito says allowing the name change without such evidence would be "contrary to the public interest." |
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