The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has announced that beginning in May, three hospitals will be permitted to perform gender reassignment surgery, announced Nguyen Huy Quang, director of the Department of Legal Affairs for the Ministry. According to an internal document, in 2,000 newborn babies, one has genitals not fit to the chromosome. And 1 in…
Citing her right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment as guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Chief Judge Mark Wolf of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts has ordered that an inmate serving time for murder be given gender reassignment surgery “promptly as possible.” This is the first time a federal court…
The number of U.S. companies choosing to cover the cost of gender reassignment surgery has nearly doubled from 2009, New York Daily News is reporting. The Human Rights Campaign reported Thursday that 207 of the 636 surveyed businesses provide or will start providing transgender-inclusive healthcare benefits. The increase in transgender benefits is well-received by candidates…
