Australia- Plea for better trans surgery coverage

[SandraJane]

Plea for better trans surgery coverage


Posted on 03 May 2012


http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2012/05/03/plea-for-better-trans-surgery-coverage/76551


The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is encouraging trans activists behind a wave of online petitions calling for improved Medicare coverage of sex reassignment surgery, to focus on lobbying the federal health minister.

Gold Coast trans activist Michelle Diamond, who's behind one of the more popular Change.org petitions pushing for better coverage, had been calling on the AHRC to take up the cause in light of a perceived emphasis on legal rights rather than associated medical issues.

"Psychiatric care and medications often do very little for a person living with mismatched genitals," Diamond said.