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Title: Woman Suing IRS Over Sex-Change Tax Claims
Post by: LostInTime on September 30, 2007, 10:25:59 PM
Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/30/AR2007093001194.html?hpid=moreheadlines)
By Anthony Faiola
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 1, 2007; Page A03

"When did the IRS suddenly become physicians?" said Marshall Forstein, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "It's absolutely clear that transgender identity is a condition discussed in diagnostic manuals. It seems the IRS is now in the business of practicing medicine without a license."

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Title: Re: Woman Suing IRS Over Sex-Change Tax Claims
Post by: Thundra on October 01, 2007, 02:01:53 PM
Quote"When did the IRS suddenly become physicians?" said Marshall Forstein, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "It's absolutely clear that transgender identity is a condition discussed in diagnostic manuals. It seems the IRS is now in the business of practicing medicine without a license."

Yep, I called that one right. The IRS done ticked off the medical lobby now. Big mistake.
Political suicide. I haven't had any doubts that she would win her case on those grounds. The IRS has no business determining medical viability.