Gender Reassignment Surgery

Argentina Makes Sex-Change Surgery A Legal Right

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Miguel Pichetto, Osvaldo Lopez, Transgender, Cesar Cigliutti, Cristina Fernandez, Gender Identity Law, Gender Reassignment Surgery, Sex-Change Surgery, Argentina, Transgender Rights, Katrina Karkazis, Argentina Transgender Rights, Homosexual Community of Argentina, Argentina Transgender, Gay Voices News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Adults who want sex-change surgery or hormone therapy in Argentina will be able to get it as part of their public or privat...

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'Gender Confirmation Surgery': What's In A Name?

Loren S. Schechter, M.D., F.A.C.S. | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Transgender, Gender Confirmation Surgery, Genital Reassignment, Sex Change Operation, Sex Reassignment Surgery, Gender Reassignment Surgery, Sex Reassignment, Gender Reassignment, Sex Change, Sex Change Surgery, Gay Voices News
Loren S. Schechter, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Most if not all the other names used for the procedure suggest that a person is making a choice to switch genders. This is not about choice; it's about using surgery as one of the therapeutic tools to enable people to be comfortable with their gendered self.

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Against All Logic: What LGBT and Allies Do Now

Emily Dievendorf | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Gender Reassignment Surgery, HIV Prevention, LGBT Rights, Health Insurance, LGBT Discrimination, Domestic Partner Benefits, Michigan Lgbt, Rick Snyder, Detroit News
Emily Dievendorf

When I received word that Gov. Snyder signed the ban on health care coverage for domestic partners I choked. At this point, it is impossible not to recognize the terrible insults that the LGBT community faces in Michigan.

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More Big U.S. Companies Now Cover Gender Reassignment Surgery

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Gender Reassignment Surgery, Sex Change Surgery, Transgender Rights, Transgender, Human Rights Campaign, Transgender Issues, Gay Voices News

SAN FRANCISCO -- The number of major U.S. companies covering the cost of gender reassignment surgery for transgender workers has more than doubled in ...

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More Employers Will Cover Transgender Surgery, But New Hurtles Expected

Joanne Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Reassignment Surgery, Transgender Surgery Health Care Costs, Gender Change Surgery, Reassingment Surgery, Transgender Surgery, Home News
Joanne Herman

The recently-released U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' "Healthy People" objectives for the next 10 years include a specific objective of recognizing transgender health needs as medically necessary.

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