Treating Transgender Needs Part II

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Treating Transgender Needs
Part II in a II Part Series
By Alice E. M. Underwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/3/11/transgender-surgery-insurance-medical/

In an effort to foster a more inclusive campus community, Harvard is actively putting its policy into practice.

In accordance with the University's non-discrimination policy, which was modified in 2006 to include gender identity, University Health Services decided to address the medical needs of transgender people with more equitable insurance coverage.

Each transgender person experiences the process of transition in a different manner—some prefer to avoid medical intervention and others seek the full range of possible treatments, from genital reconstruction to hair removal.