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8 UCLA Women's L.J. 219 (1997-1998)
Sexual Dis-Orientation: Transgendered People and Same-Sex Marriage

handle is hein.journals/uclawo8 and id is 227 raw text is: SEXUAL DIS-ORIENTATION: TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Mary Coombs* ABSTRACT In this Article, Professor Coombs argues that the debate about same-sex marriage has wrongfully ignored transgendered peo- ple and their relationships. She provides an overview of argu- ments made by opponents of same-sex marriage, such as tradition, procreation, child-rearing, and family values. She then examines cases involving transsexual marriages and uses this analysis to deconstruct the same-sex marriage debate. Professor Coombs argues that an honest consideration of transgendered people and their relationships forces a re-evalu- ation of arguments against same-sex marriage and disrupts the gendered patriarchy on which traditional marriage rests. Mar- riage should be seen as a relationship between two people, re- gardless of their gender appearance, their gender roles, or the genitalia they currently have. This view of marriage would lib- erate not only transgendered people but also gays, lesbians, and heterosexual women. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ..................................... 220 II. RATIONALES OF OPPONENTS TO SAME-SEX M ARRIAGE ........................................... 223 III. EXISTING SAME-SEX MARRIAGES IN TRANSGENDER RELATIONSHIPS .................... 236 A. Characteristics of Transgenderism .............. 237 * This Article is an extension and adaptation of ideas first articulated in Mary Coombs, Transgenderism And Sexual Orientation: More Than A Marriage Of Con- venience, 3 NAT'L J. SEX ORIENTAON L. 1 (1997) <http://sunsite.unc.edu/gaylaw/>. I want to thank the University of Miami Law Library staff for their unfailing help tracking down sources and the UCLA Women's Law Journal editors for their excel- lent editorial help. 219

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