Gender-change Surgery: medical care or cosmetic surgery?

[Natasha]

Gender-change Surgery: medical care or cosmetic surgery?

http://ataxingmatter.blogs.com/tax/2007/07/gender-change-s.html
7/18/2008

If you were going to a psychiatrist and you had a bipolar
condition, and you were taking medication and getting treatment and it
made you function better in society, how is that different from having
a sex-change operation that allows you to function better and be more
comfortable in society?