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Cuba's first transsexual gets surgery

Started by Shana A, May 20, 2011, 08:47:16 AM

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Shana A

May 20, 2011, 08:47:16 AM
Cuba's first transsexual gets surgery

Friday, May 20, 2011 » 07:59pm

http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2011/05/20/Cubas_first_transsexual_gets_surgery_615425.html

After 40 years of waiting, 61-year-old metalworker Juani Santos finally underwent a sex reassignment surgery as part of the Cuban government's revolutionary program to fund sex-change operations.

According to Reuters, Santos was clinically diagnosed as the first transsexual man on the island in 1972, when he still struggled with a lot prejudice even from his family and friends.

In 2008, when authorities approved a program to allow free sex changes, Santos was one of the first inline and managed to be among some 30 patients approved for the operation.
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