... Terry, who changed her name from Ronald Francis Terry, and Australian Nicole Winstanley, 22, received a marriage license from Milwaukee County. They have a meeting with a judge this morning to determine whether he will marry them in a formal ceremony.

There have been similar cases in a handful of states across the nation, said New York Law School professor Arthur S. Leonard, an expert in sexual-orientation law.

Judges or appellate courts usually base their decision on the sex on people's birth certificates, unlike in Great Britain where transsexuals can obtain new birth certificates and marry in their adopted gender, he said.

"At some point, there has to be legislation about it," Leonard said. "It's taking society time to adjust to the concept of transsexuality and figure out what the legal rules should be."