Cuba performing state-sponsored sex change surgery
(Havana) Cuba has begun performing state-sponsored sex-change operations after the government lifted a longtime ban on the procedure in 2007, President Raul Castro’s daughter said Tuesday.
A sexologist and gay-rights advocate, Mariela Castro runs the Center for Sex Education, which prepares transsexuals for sex-change operations and identifies Cubans it deems ready …
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 …
