HAVANA – Cuba has authorized sex-change operations and will offer them free for qualifying citizens, an official said Friday. The move is the latest in a series of changes implemented by President Raul Castro since he succeeded his elder brother, Fidel, in February. Raul Castro’s daughter, Mariela, heads Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education, which strongly backs the new policy.
Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer signed a resolution approving sex-change surgery, said an official at the center who spoke on condition of anonymity because the measure has not been formally published. The resolution will be posted on the Internet on Saturday, the official said.
The procedure would be available to Cubans for free as part of their country’s health-care system.
The sex education center has said previously that 28 transsexual Cubans have asked to undergo the surgery and that Cuban doctors have trained with physicians from Belgium to prepare for the procedures.
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del sol // August 26, 2008 at 4:57 pm |
Can I move to Cuba and get this free sex change
lol cause lord nkows it cost an arm an a leg …
del sol // August 26, 2008 at 5:00 pm |
That is so wonder full… the United states of America should allow the same@$$ thing because u know what my life would be so much more easier if i had the operation dam it lol
del sol // August 26, 2008 at 5:01 pm |
I hope that the individuales who recive the sergery realize how fortunate they are .. and i hope and pray that the procedures go accordingly sinserly another trangenderd person Alicia