Passport victory for diverse Australians

Canberra Times Sunday 18th September, 2011

A transsexual Canberra woman has forced the Australian Passport Office into an embarrassing backdown, after the office admitted guidelines it relied on to reject her application to change her passport didn't exist.Required to travel overseas for work, Marcelle, who asked not to have her surname published, applied to the Australian Passport Office f...

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