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Cuba has free sex change surgery -- for Cubans [message #93267] Thu, 11 March 2010 07:04 Go to next message
CarolynnL is currently offline CarolynnL  UNITED STATES
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Cuba's free sex changes marks break from the past

HAVANA - Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach.

"I would see myself, and my body didn't match who I was," said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a sex change under Cuba's universal health care system.

Gonzalez is living proof of a small but remarkable transformation for the rugged revolution of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and a band of ever-macho, bearded rebels, who long punished gays and transsexuals -- but now are paying for sex changes.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35800405/ns/health-sexual_health
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Re: Cuba has free sex change surgery -- for Cubans [message #93272 is a reply to message #93267 ] Thu, 11 March 2010 07:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Cynthialee is currently offline Cynthialee  UNITED STATES
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A sad testiment that a country like Cuba is more advanced and evolved than many of the first world nations.
...???...hmmm...Do people still defect to comunism...?? Jaw Drop
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Re: Cuba has free sex change surgery -- for Cubans [message #93331 is a reply to message #93267 ] Thu, 11 March 2010 17:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
rach is currently offline rach  UNITED STATES
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Even though it's paid by the State, it's still very tenuous and a poor person here can probably get it easier here eventually than there. They are way backwards on human rights - especially humans like us.

But it's a good sign. I wish we didn't have to hold that grudge for years though.
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Re: Cuba has free sex change surgery -- for Cubans [message #93351 is a reply to message #93331 ] Thu, 11 March 2010 20:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I wonder how much experience the Cuban surgeons have? Any the results?
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Re: Cuba has free sex change surgery -- for Cubans [message #95945 is a reply to message #93267 ] Fri, 02 April 2010 00:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kim is currently offline Kim  UNITED STATES
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That must suck for the sex change doctors... hopefully their second job pays a little better. Giggling
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Re: Cuba has free sex change surgery -- for Cubans [message #104614 is a reply to message #95945 ] Tue, 15 June 2010 07:39 Go to previous message
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