Articles about Gender Reassignment Surgery

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".
7 March 2013
US: Professional mixed martial arts fighter forced to come out as trans woman 7 A professional mix martial arts fighter has been forced out of the closet as a transsexual.
25 February 2013
Turkish actor: ‘Gender reassignment was my choice and now I’m free’ 24 A Turkish trans man actor has come out, discussing his decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery and his experiences prior, saying that he now feels "free" and like he has been "born again".
28 January 2013
Vietnam: Trans woman to lose official legal recognition 6 Vietnam's only trans woman to have been officially recognised as female has been told she will once again be considered male after a local committee objected to the decision.
12 January 2013
Trans woman accuses Post Office of discrimination for refusing to open a savings account 21 A trans woman from Lancaster has accused the Post Office of discrimination, after she was denied a savings account because her drivers license still contained her former name.
24 October 2012
US: Judges hear gender reassignment appeal from incarcerated trans woman + Attorneys representing a trans woman prisoner made an appeal today to a court in Richmond, Virginia, in an attempt to win her gender reassignment surgery.
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
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.
21 May 2012
First transgender ‘Miss Universe Canada’ pageant contestant misses out on title 94 The first ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant has lost her bid to win the title after strutting the runway this weekend.
16 January 2012
First trans teen in Miss England competition leads heat 42 The first transgender teenager to enter the Miss England competition is leading in her heat of the pageant.
23 December 2011
Trans personality Karen Gayle in this year’s Alternative Christmas Message 8 Channel 4's annual Alternative Christmas Message will this year feature Karen Gayle, one of the stars of its popular documentary, My Transsexual Summer.
5 December 2011
Gay actor Neil Patrick Harris apologises for “tranny” comment 134 Neil Patrick Harris has apologised publicly for using the term "tranny" on television.
21 November 2011
Kelly Osbourne apologises for “derogatory and hurtful” trans term 20 Reality TV star writes in an open letter that she was not aware how "unbelievably offensive" the term was.
25 January 2011
Chaz Bono says he’s ‘complete’ after gender reassignment 10 Cher's son Chaz Bono says he feels complete for the first time in his life since having gender reassignment surgery.
15 February 2010
Trans man Thomas Beatie pregnant for the third time 26 Thomas Beatie is reportedly pregnant with his third child.
27 January 2010
Trans man is third to carry a child 42 A trans man in California has revealed he is expecting a baby next month.

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