Taxpayer cash used for Wolverhampton sex-change event

[Shana A]

Taxpayer cash used for Wolverhampton sex-change event

Nov 22 2009 by Ben Goldby, Sunday Mercury

http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/11/22/taxpayer-cash-used-for-wolverhampton-sex-change-event-66331-25223757/

A TAXPAYER-funded lecture to teach civil servants how to treat sex-change customers has been branded a waste of cash.

The event took place at the Britannia Hotel in Wolverhampton on Tuesday as part of West Midlands Diversity Week.

It saw 50 public sector staff given advice by seven transsexuals on their legal duties and how to treat "transgender individuals" with respect.

Yet there are less than 30,000 transsexuals in the whole of Britain, leading campaigners to question why the event received taxpayer cash.