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Title: No Regrets for Changing Sex
Post by: Shana A on September 20, 2009, 02:09:31 PM
No Regrets for Changing Sex  September 19, 2009
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No regrets for changing one's sex, say FtM individuals in Serbia after 20 years.

J Sex Med. 2009 Apr;6(4):1018-23. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Transsexualism in Serbia: a twenty-year follow-up study.

INTRODUCTION: Gender dysphoria occurs in all societies and cultures. The prevailing social context has a strong impact on its manifestations as well as on applications by individuals with the condition for sex reassignment treatment.

AIM: To describe a transsexual population seeking sex reassignment treatment in Serbia, part of former Yugoslavia.

METHODS: Data, collated over a period of 20 years, from subjects applying for sex reassignment to the only center in Serbia, were analyzed retrospectively.