Spanish transexual takes her fight to see her son to Strasbourg

Spanish transexual takes her fight to see her son to Strasbourg
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By h.b. - Jan 21, 2009 - 9:31 PM
Álex Pardo, now Alexia, can currently only see her son two hours a fortnight.

A Spanish transsexual says she will take her fight to spend more time with her son to the court in Strasbourg. It comes after, for the first time ever, the Spanish Constitutional Court has thrown out her appeal, despite earlier accepting it for hearing.

Álex Pardo, from Lugo, and now known as Alexia, is being stopped from seeing her son by her ex wife, who blocked access when she heard that the then Álex was undergoing hormonal treatment, claiming that the child’s father’s sex change could upset his psychological balance. Alexia says that is rubbish and that she and her son get on fabulously.

In 2005 the Provincial Court in Lugo ordered that the father could spend just two hours every 15 days with the child, provided psychologists and both parents were present. The verdict however noted that the child was aware of the situation, and had no problem that his father was now a woman, and he had a good relationship with her.

But now the Constitutional Court has ruled that as the child is younger than 11, that verdict must stand. Alexia says she will take the fight to Strasbourg to recover normal custody rights as any mother would.

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