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Title: Trans pageant criticised for offering gender reassignment surgery as top prize
Post by: stephaniec on January 25, 2016, 06:00:42 PM
Trans pageant criticised for offering gender reassignment surgery as top prize

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/01/25/trans-pageant-criticised-for-offering-gender-reassignment-surgery-as-top-prize/

Pink News/By Joseph Patrick McCormick   01/25/2016

"Campaigners have criticised a transgender beauty pageant which offers the winner gender reassignment surgery.

The Miss Gay and Ms Transsexual Australia 2016 pageant was branded "irresponsible".

The pageant, which takes place in Melbourne this weekend, allows contestants the chance to win gender reassignment surgery at a Thai hospital. "
Title: Re: Trans pageant criticised for offering gender reassignment surgery as top prize
Post by: Melanie ♡ on January 25, 2016, 06:04:16 PM
I think its better to offer money instead, so the winner gets to decide what to do with it.
Title: Re: Trans pageant criticised for offering gender reassignment surgery as top prize
Post by: Serenation on January 25, 2016, 06:16:12 PM
I bet there is more to this story than the article suggests. Unless the prize is from that one surgeon that had the VHS and wooden dilators you can't just 'win' surgery

I'm in Melbourne and had no idea this was even a thing, so out of the loop.