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Title: More Finns applying for gender reassignment treatment
Post by: Shana A on August 15, 2011, 09:38:00 AM
Post by: Shana A on August 15, 2011, 09:38:00 AM
More Finns applying for gender reassignment treatment
Younger people applying for surgery
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/More+Finns+applying+for+gender+reassignment+treatment/1135268557056 (http://www.hs.fi/english/article/More+Finns+applying+for+gender+reassignment+treatment/1135268557056)
"At school my friends asked me if I'm a transvestite, because I dressed in men's clothing. I said that I'm not. As I see it, a transvestite dresses in the clothing of the opposite sex now and then. I wanted to be a man all the time", says Thomas, who is undergoing gender reassignment treatment.
Thomas, 18, is a trans man, who is in the process of fixing his gender from female to male.
Younger people than before have been applying to fix their gender.
"We are getting many referrals from people 18 years old and younger. The change has come in the past couple of years", says psychiatrist Veronica Pimenoff at the research clinic for gender identity at the Helsinki University Central Hospital.
Younger people applying for surgery
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/More+Finns+applying+for+gender+reassignment+treatment/1135268557056 (http://www.hs.fi/english/article/More+Finns+applying+for+gender+reassignment+treatment/1135268557056)
"At school my friends asked me if I'm a transvestite, because I dressed in men's clothing. I said that I'm not. As I see it, a transvestite dresses in the clothing of the opposite sex now and then. I wanted to be a man all the time", says Thomas, who is undergoing gender reassignment treatment.
Thomas, 18, is a trans man, who is in the process of fixing his gender from female to male.
Younger people than before have been applying to fix their gender.
"We are getting many referrals from people 18 years old and younger. The change has come in the past couple of years", says psychiatrist Veronica Pimenoff at the research clinic for gender identity at the Helsinki University Central Hospital.
Title: Re: More Finns applying for gender reassignment treatment
Post by: Lisbeth on August 15, 2011, 01:50:58 PM
Post by: Lisbeth on August 15, 2011, 01:50:58 PM
Considering the waiting period in Finland, they might as well apply as soon as they can read and write.
Title: Re: More Finns applying for gender reassignment treatment
Post by: Amazon D on August 15, 2011, 01:57:01 PM
Post by: Amazon D on August 15, 2011, 01:57:01 PM
Quote from: Lisbeth on August 15, 2011, 01:50:58 PM
Considering the waiting period in Finland, they might as well apply as soon as they can read and write.
Number of transgender cases has increased severalfold in recent years
One-year waiting list for surgery
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Number+of+transgender+cases+has+increased+severalfold+in+recent+years/1135241063873 (http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Number+of+transgender+cases+has+increased+severalfold+in+recent+years/1135241063873)