EDMONTON SUN



Good news for transgenders


By Pamela Roth, Edmonton Sun | Updated: Friday, June 08, 2012 09:30 AM MDT


http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/06/07/good-news-for-transgenders



Jan Buterman, a transgendered teacher who lost his job in St. Albert, poses at Grant Notley Park in Edmonton, Alberta on Sunday, April 10, 2011. (CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN)


When Jan Buterman was given the news that the Alberta government would be reinstating funding for gender reassignment surgery, he struggled to find the words to describe his emotions.

"Wonderful....excellent news. Had I known this would be happening, I would give my right arm right now to be in Edmonton," said Buterman, who was in New York for an academic conference Thursday. "I am smiling widely. I am in awe. I don't even know what to say -- I am in shock, but it's a good shock."

Oh my god yes! Okay I take back all the nasty things I said about Albertans (well, most of them). Awesome, so awesome. So happy now.