Transsexual denied two passports (Norway)

www.aftenposten.no ^ | 15 Jan 2007, 16:28 | Aftenposten's reporter Morten Andersen, Aftenposten English Web Desk Nina Berglund

[Kurt_Hectic]

A transsexual Norwegian wanted two passports, one as a man and one as a woman, but his request was rejected.

The Norwegian, a 63-year-old crime fiction writer, applied to state officials in charge of enforcing sexual equality and anti-discrimination measures. The writer's current passport only shows him as a man, which isn't always how he appears as he undergoes treatment.

Both the Ministry of Justice and the state police agency, which issues passports in Norway, contended, though, that current regulations don't allow issuance of two passports to the same person.

"A basic assumption in the issuance of a passport is that it shall apply to one identity, and that this shall be simple to control," Magnar Aukrust of the justice ministry told Aftenposten.no.

The 63-year-old, however, claims it's a "practical problem... which has meant that I have decided against making some trips."

A letter from Norway’s National Hospital that confirms the Norwegian is under treatment for transsexuality has made it easier for him to travel in Europe. He hesitates, though, to travel outside Europe.

[Kurt_Hectic]

'The Norwegian, a 63-year-old crime fiction writer...' ...I wonder what kind of science fiction he writes...?

[Red Badger]

Ca Schizos get multiple passports?...Like for each day of the week?........

[Yo-Yo]

The crime fiction kind.

[Egon]

So.... Now, not only are there more genders than the original two, but there are states of having multiple genders simultaneously, as well??

Stop the planet now. I'd like to get off, please.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I want two passports too. One with a photograph of how I appear as I write (sorry, but I don't have one available to post online) and this one, which is my alter-identity:

[excalibur1701]

This "it" simply needs some mental help. Period.

[gusopol3]

the whole homsexual marriage thing is such a scam, but also narrow minded. After all, the empasis is always on the first two letters of the acronym, LGBT. Shouldn't B be allowed to marry both a man and a woman? And what about "trans-fags" (their name for themselves)?

[Alouette]

Just give him one passport and make him wear a burqa.

[Grizzled Bear]

So; does the guy who is having himself surgically altered to "become" a leopard have to have clearance from a veterinarian when he travels?

[proxy_user]

"Did you ever have to make up your mind
Pick up on one and leave the other behind
It's not often easy and not often kind
Did you ever have to make up your mind.....

[Paleo Conservative]

It's about time fat trannies were banned.

[weegee]

What about the bi-curious, that doesn't even mean someone IS actually attracted to living with a member of the same sex, just "curious" about it. Like experimenting with drugs I guess. Doesn't mean it is healthy experimentation.

Yet the Gay Lib crowd lump them in with the homosexuals. It is actually a Sex Positive agenda which seeks to end all moral judgements over any sexual pairings regardless of sex, age, relation, marital status, number, or species of partner(s).

[gusopol3]

the bisexual is to the homosexual what his own shadow is to a vampire: proof he ain't what he thinks he is. I agree it's a sexual practice, not a genetically/ developmentally determined state.

[GAB-1955]

Aha, Monsieur, MY other identity is Jacques-Louis David, and you still owe me 20,000 francs for that portrait!