All Posts Tagged With: "gender reassignment surgery"

Denise to take final step in bid to become a woman

by Sarah Judd, Evening Gazette DENISE MOSSE can hardly bring herself to look at the black and white snaps from her childhood. In fact, the 46-year-old, who was born Michael Mossom, has destroyed many photos as they depict a past that is “too painful.” As she glances at what seems like an idyllic image of [...]

15Jan2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transsexuals find new body doesn’t ensure happiness

There are no official statistics on the number of transgender people in Vietnam and how many undergo gender reassignment surgery. But post-operative transsexuals say the painful and expensive medical procedures they endured didn’t give them the normal lives they were expecting. Several local transgender men have sought sex change operations overseas because the surgery is [...]

10Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Sex-change vaulter takes the big leap

JACQUELIN MAGNAY A YEAR ago, Germany’s top pole vaulter, Yvonne Buschbaum, spoke candidly of how she felt trapped within a man’s body and felt driven to do something about it. “I feel as if I am a man and have to live my life in the body of a woman,” Buschbaum said. “I am aware [...]

20Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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