MATTER OF BRIAN L. v. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES


51 A.D.3d 488 (2008)

859 N.Y.S.2d 8

In the Matter of BRIAN L., Also Known as MARIAH L., Respondent, v. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided May 13, 2008.


Petitioner was born a biological male but at some point during adolescence was diagnosed with gender identity disorder (GID), "which the American Psychiatric Association characterizes as a disjunction between an individual's sexual organs and sexual identity" (Smith v City of Salem, Ohio, 378 F.3d 566, 568 [6th Cir 2004], citing American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, at 576-582 [4th...

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