[Avodah] Transgender Husband Says He's Now A Woman And Can't Give A Get

[Lisa Liel via Avodah]

On 3/26/2017 2:38 PM, Micha Berger via Areivim wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 02:41:02PM +0000, Professor L. Levine via Areivim wrote:
> : Please see
> : http://tinyurl.com/m5m6q8m

> : It does not get much more bizarre as a couple that arrived at a Beth
> : Din in Israel were quarreling over a 'get'. It appears one of the woman
> : is a transgender, formerly the husband in the family who is now living
> : as a woman.

> We have discussed a similar case on Avodah, as the Tzitz Eliezer deals with
> the hypothetical case of a transsexual who refused to give a gett.

To be more accurate, the Tzitz Eliezer discusses whether a woman whose 
husband became a woman would require a get.  There was no case given, 
and no refusal.  Just the hypothetical of whether she'd require one.

> Here there is really nothing to talk about, as haakhah revolves around some
> physical marker of sex or another, not what gender the person thinks
> they ought to be.

According to the YNet article, she did have surgery, which is precisely 
what the Tzitz Eliezer was addressing in that teshuva.

Lisa

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