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Gender Reassignment Surgery

Another Ivy League University To Cover Gender Affirmation Surgery For Students

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Klein | Posted 05.01.2013 | Gay Voices
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Yale University recently became the latest college to add gender confirmation surgery to its student health plan. A campus-wide email sent last Thursd...

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Meet Afghanistan's Youngest Resident To Undergo Gender Reassignment Surgery

The Lahore Times | HAMAYOUN MAHZON | Posted 02.21.2013 | Gay Voices
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At 16, a boy became the youngest in the Paloso naw village of Kunar province to have a life-changing operation. Enamullah, 16, became the youngest ...

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Should San Francisco Pay For Gender Reassignment Surgery?

| Posted 09.23.2012 | San Francisco
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This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly's The Snitch. By Jeff Sandstoe Healthy San Francisco, the city's attempt at universal healthcare,...

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Argentina Makes Sex-Change Surgery A Legal Right

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.10.2012 | Gay Voices
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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 06.20.2012 | Gay Voices
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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 | Detroit
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 | Gay Voices
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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 | Home
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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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