Articles about Gender Dysphoria

30 March 2013
US: Public consultation on hold while Medicare definition of gender reassignment as ‘experimental’ challenged 2 A consultation on US healthcare programmes covering gender reassignment surgery was quickly halted, with the Department of Health and Human Services saying they must first consider a challenge to Medicare's definition of the surgery as "experimental".
20 December 2012
US: Judge approves legal fees for trans woman prisoner, denies personal costs 1 A US judge has approved the payment of legal fees to the lawyers representing a trans woman prisoner, who is to be allowed gender-reassignment surgery as treatment for her gender dysphoria.
21 November 2012
Documentary follows trans teen during Miss England competition 12 A trans teenager is the focus of a new BBC documentary, which follows her though the heats of a beauty pageant, the prestige of which she wants to use to become a role model for young trans people.
7 September 2012
Massachusetts: State lawmakers call for appeal on surgery for trans prisoner 15 State lawmakers in Massachusetts have begun the process of attempting to have a decision made by a judge to give a trans woman prisoner gender reassignment surgery as a treatment for gender dysphoria.
5 September 2012
Matrix Director, Lana Wachowski speaks out about her transition 10 One half of the 'Wachowski siblings' has spoken out about the difficulties of transitioning, her gender reassingment surgery, and about getting over those difficulties.
5 September 2012
Judge orders that trans convict be given gender reassignment surgery in prison 11 A Judge in Boston, Massachusetts has ruled that a trans woman must be given gender reassignment surgery in prison, in order to treat her gender dysphoria.
1 March 2012
Trans charity reports papers to Leveson on ‘child safety concerns’ 12 The Leveson Inquiry has received a charity's submission regarding several articles about trans people published in recent weeks which it is says 'deliberately misrepresented' the realities of gender dysphoria.
29 September 2011
European Parliament calls for end of classifying transgender people as mentally ill 121 The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the World Health Organisation to stop classifying transgender people as mentally ill.
14 September 2011
Transgender girl, 10, tells of classmates’ reactions 33 A ten-year-old transgender girl who is bullied by adults, rather than children, has spoken of her excitement at returning to school as a female.
12 September 2011
Mother of transgender girl says adults, not children, taunt her 56 The mother of a ten-year-old transgender girl in Worcester has told how adults, rather than children, taunt and harass her daughter.

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