Thursday, 26 November 2009

Thailand Mandates Waiting Period for Sex Change Surgery

Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult - including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year - over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday.

Transsexuals and transgender men are a common sight in Thailand, appearing on soap operas and working at all levels of Bangkok society, from department store cosmetics counters and popular restaurants to corporate offices and red-light districts. A national transgender beauty pageant draws thousands to the beachside town of Pattaya every year.

But over the past two years, a rash of castrations, especially among young men, has alarmed the medical establishment and prompted the new rules.

Via the Canadian Press

Ed. Rushing in to the operation. You've got to be joking. I'd be rushing anywhere but in!!!. Cutting off my meat and two veg would need careful, very careful consideration. Yowzer. Reminds me of when my brother-in-law had the snip. He asked the doctor if it would hurt and the doctor reassured him that he wouldn't feel a thing. Well, he didn't feel a thing but the next day everything turned black with bruising and he could hardly walk. He had to walk with his feet 6ft apart to prevent rubbing. Laughed till I cried.

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