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Webextra: Transgendered community faces abuse, discrimination: survey

Started by LostInTime, January 23, 2007, 08:46:45 AM

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"(Respondents) were talking about the abuse, and being kicked out of homes, and not fitting in at school and dropping out, and getting into drugs, and not having work, being beaten up, and knowing people that have been killed, it goes on and on and on. But these people are still moving forward, they're still wanting to be committed citizens."

The year-long research project released Monday recommends the province establish a health centre specifically designed to meet the needs of men or women who begin life as one sex, then later reject social expectations of their gender through methods like cross-dressing or sexual reassignment surgery.

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