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In limbo in Owen Sound; Linda Wootton is fighting to have gender reassignment...

Started by LostInTime, April 10, 2007, 08:18:28 AM

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April 10, 2007, 08:18:28 AM
procedures covered by OHIP 

Linda Ann Wootton used to be Art.

The change formally began about nine years ago with a diagnosis of gender identity disorder. But Wootton, now 62 and living in Owen Sound, has been working this out all her life.

The diagnosis coincided with a controversial Ontario government decision in 1998 to delist gender reassignment procedures from among those eligible for funding by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. Subsequent governments have resisted calls to reinstate the full range of gender identity treatments. That includes surgical reconstruction of reproductive and urinary organs.
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