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Title: Gender change 'priceless'
Post by: Syne on May 11, 2009, 08:23:53 AM
Gender change 'priceless'
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2009/05/11/9418736-sun.html (http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2009/05/11/9418736-sun.html)
By ALYSSA NOEL, SUN MEDIA
Last Updated: 11th May 2009, 1:15am

The approximate cost of surgery to transition from a man to a woman? Around $20,000.

The cost for a woman to become a man? Roughly $80,000.

The peace of mind that comes after years of hoping, dreaming and planning to make the gender you feel match the sex you are? Priceless, according to Carol Allan, a local transsexual woman who made her transition nearly two decades ago and is now beginning a PhD on the topic.