Cuban enjoys new benefit of free sex-change operation
By Shasta Darlington, CNN
June 1, 2011 -- Updated 2105 GMT (0505 HKT)

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/06/01/cuba.sex.change/

Matanzas, Cuba (CNN) -- On the job, Juani Santos is just another one of the guys.

He inspects recycled canisters for flaws at a gas tank factory in western Cuba and cracks jokes with the other workers. Short and stocky, he has a deeply lined face and thick mustache.

But Juani was born a girl.

It was only two months ago that the 61-year-old transsexual underwent gender reassignment surgery.