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NEW YORK (AP) — The city has revoked the marriage license of two men who obtained it while one of them was dressed as a woman.
Same-sex marriage is illegal in New York, but Jason Stenson and Hakim
Nelson applied for and received a marriage license in May. During the
application process, Nelson, who dresses as a woman, showed a
state-issued benefits card, which lists his gender as female. Days
later they were married by a city official during a brief ceremony.
A spokesperson for the city said Monday the couple’s license has been
revoked. Instead, they’ve been registered as a domestic partnership.
The city spokesman says the marriage bureau plans to put procedures in
place to ensure the mistake isn’t made again.
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