A transsexual Norwegian wanted two passports, one as a man and one as a woman, but his request was rejected. The Norwegian, a 63-year-old crime fiction writer, applied to state officials in charge of enforcing sexual equality and anti-discrimination measures. The writer's current passport only shows him as a man, which isn't always how he appears as he undergoes treatment.Both the Ministry of Justice and the state police agency, which issues passports in Norway, contended, though, that current regulations don't allow issuance of two passports to the same person. "A basic assumption in the issuance of a passport is that it shall apply to one identity, and that this shall be simple to control," Magnar Aukrust of the justice ministry told Aftenposten.no.
The 63-year-old, however, claims it's a "practical problem... which has meant that I have decided against making some trips."
A letter from NorwayÂ’s National Hospital that confirms the Norwegian is under treatment for transsexuality has made it easier for him to travel in Europe. He hesitates, though, to travel outside Europe.
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