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Originally Posted by Badger Bob
Appendicitis affects normal human funtioning. The other examples that you mentioned were trauma-based. In this instance, the inmate has been receiving female hormones and counseling to convince him that his gender was misassigned. Wonder if he thought that over 22 years ago, before he got married?
Nothing's preventing him, in his current state, from normal human functioning, and he certainly hasn't experienced any physical trauma. As for these medical professionals, of course they're going to take that stance. With the surgery costing $20,000, somebody stands to make a few bucks from a few hours of work.
Bet you could just as easliy find other physicians who'd shake their heads in disbelief. So, in effect, it still comes down to opinion. Then you factor in that a legal precedent was not established until half-way through 2012. Gee, how did Western Civilization advance without gender-confused inmates receiving taxpayer-funded sex change operations until now?
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Uh, it's quite possible. Gender identity and sexual orientation are two different things. A male can want and have SRS and still be attracted to women. I guess she would than be classified as a lesbian.