Two Western Australian women who consider themselves men have won a legal recognition of their new gender, news reports said.
The transsexuals won an appeal in the State Administrative Tribunal against the refusal of the WA Gender Reassignment Board to issue them with certificates recognising "the reassignment of their gender", an AAP report said.
The two, who have undergone mastectomies and testosterone treatment, believe that even though they still have female reproductive systems, their outward demeanor and hormone regimens make them men, LifeSiteNews reported.
Their identities have not been revealed, ABC News reported.
The gender reassignement board had found against them because both had female reproductive systems, saying it was inconsistent with being male, but the administrative tribunal said while neither had undergone any surgery to alter their sexual organs, both were infertile and had "presented as, and appeared to be, males."
"Both applicants had undergone bilateral mastectomies and testosterone treatment as a result of which each had undergone extensive physical changes consistent with being male," the AAP report quoted the tribunal saying.
"... the tribunal accepted the evidence of each applicant that he intended to continue testosterone treatment for the rest of his life."
The state's Attorney-General, Christian Porter had intervened in the proceedings, arguing that until both had hysterectomies, they could not be considered men under the Gender Reassignment Act.
SOURCE AND BACKGROUND
Australia Court Legally Recognizes Two Women as Men (LifeSiteNews)
Transsexuals recognised as men (ABC News)
Transsexuals male 'enough' without surgery (AAP, News.com.au)