China preps 1st guidelines for sex change surgery
(Beijing) China’s first medical guidelines on sex change surgery could require patients to gain police approval before the procedure, according to a posting on the Health Ministry’s Web site.
The proposed guidelines, posted Tuesday, say candidates for surgery must show an agreement from police to change their sex on their identification …
Cuba to resume transgender surgery
(Havana) Cuba will reinstate sex-change operations previously banned on the island, President Raul Castro’s daughter Mariela said Wednesday.
The Health Ministry authorized the operations last year, but none has been performed since. It was unclear when the surgeries would begin.
Mariela Castro, a sexologist and gay-rights advocate, announced the return of sex-change …
