—the court held that a post-operative male-to-female transsexual was a woman for purposes of a legal marriage.

"Where transsexual was born with physical characteristics of male, but successful sex reassignment surgery harmonized her gender and genitalia so that she became physically and psychologically unified and fully capable of sexual activity as a woman, such transsexual thereby became a member of female sex for marital purposes, subsequent marriage to male was …

—opinion of the court that if the psychological choice of a person is medically sound, not a mere whim, and irreversible sex reassignment surgery has been performed, society has no right to prohibit the transsexual from leading a normal life. Are we to look upon this person as an exhibit in a circus side show? What harm has said person done to society? The entire area of …

Three decades ago, Justice (then Judge) Handler wrote that "[d] espite winds of change," there was almost a universal recognition that "a lawful marriage requires the performance of a ceremonial marriage of two persons of the opposite sex, a male and a female."

—requirement that marriage must be between a man and a woman... is so strongly and firmly implied from a full reading of the statutes that a different legislative intent, one which would sanction a marriage between persons of the same sex, cannot be fathomed

It follows that such an individual would have the capacity to enter into a valid marriage relationship with a person of the opposite sex and did so here

—be considered a member of the female sex for marital purposes. It follows that such an individual would have the capacity to enter into a valid marriage relationship with a person of the opposite sex and did so here. In so ruling we do no more than give legal effect to a fait accompli, based upon medical judgment and action which are irreversible. Such recognition will …

—is that it replaces the biological sex test with dual tests of anatomy and gender, where `for marital purposes if the anatomical or genital features of a genuine transsexual are made to conform to the person's gender, psyche or psychological sex, then identity by sex must be governed by the congruence of these standards.

The appellate court affirmed, holding: If such sex reassignment surgery is successful and the postoperative transsexual is, by virtue of medical treatment, thereby possessed of the full capacity to function sexually as male or female, as the case may be, we perceive no legal barrier, cognizable social taboo, or reason grounded in public policy to prevent the persons' …

In MT, the court stated that “[w] e cannot join the reasoning of the Corbett case. The evidence before this court teaches that there are several criteria or standards which may be relevant in determining the sex of an individual” and disagreed with “the conclusion reached in Corbett that for purposes of marriage sex is somehow irrevocably cast at the moment of birth....”