Marriage annulled after husband’s sex change

Singapore has annulled a couple’s marriage after the husband had a sex change, making their partnership a same-sex union that is illegal there.

The pair married as a man and woman in 2015 but the husband had an operation and updated his national identity card to read “female”, the Straits Times reported.

But when the couple tried to buy a government-built apartment, they had to inform the authorities, as married couples who are first-time buyers get state grants to purchase a property. The annulment made them ineligible to buy the apartment they wanted.