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Born in the wrong body - BBC Health News 29th October 2009
"Doctors in Britain are reviewing guidelines for the treatment of people under 18 with gender dysphoria. This is a condition where someone is born one sex but feels they are really the other. A key issue is the age at which young people can be prescribed drugs which pause puberty."
Boy, 8, has 'sex change' - Daily Telegraph 15th October 2009
"An eight-year-old boy, Joey Romero, has become a girl called Josie in a remarkable US gender-swap case that features in a new Channel 4 documentary. "
Transsexual turned down for breast enlargement claims sex discrimination in case that will cost taxpayer thousands - Daily Mail 8th October 2009
"A transsexual who wants bigger breasts must have her plea for surgery on the NHS heard in the High Court, a judge said yesterday.
The ruling is likely to cost the Health Service more than £100,000 in legal fees and paperwork on top of taxpayerfunded legal aid costs for the unnamed transsexual."
Hormone 'blockers' could be offered to under-16s seeking sex change - The Independent on Sunday 20th September 2009
Sex-change experts are considering reviews to current UK guidelines that could see treatment with "hormone blockers" extended to under-16s and transgender surgery to under-18s.
Transsexual killer wins battle to serve life sentence in a women's jail - The Times 5th September 2009
A transsexual killer who was born a man has won a legal battle to be transferred to a women’s prison.
The prisoner, who was also convicted of attempted rape, will be moved to a women’s jail within weeks after a High Court ruled that the refusal by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, to transfer her violated her basic human rights and increased her long-term risk to society.
Transexual prisoner wins High Court battle to be moved to women's jail - Daily Mail 5th September 2009
A transsexual killer jailed for trying to rape a woman is to be moved to a women's prison - to protect his human rights.
He will now be housed with hundreds of female inmates after he claimed that serving his sentence in a men's jail was violating his right to live as a woman.
The High Court ruling comes despite a Parole Board warning that he still poses a risk of sex offending.
Transsexual man expecting twins sparks ethical row - The Guardian 30th March 2009
A 25-year-old transsexual man in Barcelona has announced that he is pregnant with twins, prompting debate in Spain about the ethical use of reproductive technology.
Rubén Noé Coronado Jiménez, who is reportedly nine weeks pregnant, interrupted hormone treatments and postponed plans to have a full sex-change operation in order to get pregnant because his 43-year-old girlfriend could no longer have children.
US 'pregnant man' expecting again - BBC Health News 13th November 2008
Thomas Beatie, the US "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter in June, is expecting his second child.
The 34-year-old made the announcement in a television interview with Barbara Walters of ABC News.
Muslim GP faces sack over homophobic letter - The Independent 28th October 2008
The head of the Islamic Medical Association sent a homophobic letter to a magazine for GPs, saying gay people needed the "stick of law to put them on the right path", the General Medical Council heard today.\n\nDr Muhammad Siddiq was working as a GP at the Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust when he wrote the letter to Pulse in July last year.
Muslim doctor Muhammad Siddiq faces misconduct hearing over gay slurs - The Times 28th October 2008
A prominent Muslim doctor has appeared before a misconduct hearing after declaring that society needs "protecting from the ravages" of homosexuality.
Dr Muhammad Siddiq, 65, president of the Islamic Medical Association, accused gay people of spreading disease and suggested they needed the "stick of the law to put them on the right path", the General Medical Council was told.
Top Muslim doctor faces sack for saying 'transsexuals are twisted and society needs protection from gays' - Daily Mail 28th October 2008
leading Muslim doctor called for gays to feel 'the stick of the law' to protect society from their 'ravages', a disciplinary hearing was told yesterday.\n\nDr Muhammad Siddiq, president of the Islamic Medical Association, wrote to a magazine for GPs accusing homosexuals of spreading disease with their ' irresponsible behaviour', it was claimed.
Transsexual gene link identified - BBC Health News 26th October 2008
Australian researchers have identified a significant link between a gene involved in testosterone action and male-to-female transsexualism.
DNA analysis from 112 male-to-female transsexual volunteers showed they were more likely to have a longer version of the androgen receptor gene.
My husband the transsexual - The Sunday Telegraph 17th August 2008
One day the man you married reveals that he wants to become a woman. How do you cope? Anna Moore meets two couples whose relationships have survived the ultimate test - and even flourished
Seated close together in their cluttered country cottage, laughin
Viv Groskop on children who believe they are transgender - The Guardian 14th August 2008
Should teenagers who believe they are transgender be helped to change sex? And if so, what about the four-year-olds who feel the same way? Viv Groskop meets the parents and doctors in favour of intervention
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