Posted on 04/30/2025 3:05:23 PM PDT by algore
A non-binary Canadian's $70,000 gender affirming surgery - that will see her keep her penis and get a vagina constructed - will be fully funded by taxpayers, a top judge ruled.
K.S., who was born a male at birth, uses female pronouns but does not identify as either fully male or fully female
Dr. Irena Druce, an endocrinologist at the Ottawa Hospital, submitted a 'Request for Prior Approval for Funding of Sex-Reassignment Surgery' - which cost $10,000 to $70,000 - for K.S. after completing multiple assessments on her along with Yael Sela, a mental health counselor.
Together, they determined K.S. has 'persistent gender dysphoria.' They said she was qualified to undergo the surgery because she had undergone hormone therapy for a year and 'lived for 12 continuous months in a gender role congruent with her gender identity,'
The procedure, also known as penile-sparing vaginoplasty, is only available in Texas. It is not allowed in Canada, but the money would pay for her to travel to the US to get the surgery, according to Reduxx.
K.S.'s physician said in a letter that she 'identifies as transfeminine but not completely on the "feminine" end of the spectrum and for this reason it's important for her to have a vagina while maintaining her penis,' documents said.
In addition to winning the case to get the surgery, K.S. was also awarded $23,250 by the three judges, the filing said.
The province of Ontario has until June 23 to appeal the latest decision to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Her lawyer, John McIntyre, told National Post his client 'is pleased' with the decision.
'K.S. is pleased with the Court of Appeal's decision, which is now the third unanimous ruling confirming that her gender affirming surgery is covered under Ontario's Health Insurance Act and its regulation,'
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Why is this surgery only done in Texas ?
Oh, KannaDUHHHH….
And what if something goes wrong — does the US medical place have to foot all future bills
No way jose
so which mental illness is this?
i am having trouble keeping up
“why does my new p*ss* smell like poop”
https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/9v1jlf/postgcs_vaginoplasty_odor_issues/?rdt=64496
they should be operating on his brain
They voted for it.
Hey, K. S., go [redacted] yourself.
If Poilievre had been blessed with political savvy, he would have brought THIS STORY up to educate his voters on what his opponent would support. He would have run such a commercial over and over online and radio.
Actually, this seems like a good solution to this person’s problems as well as those around him; now “they” can just go ____ “themselves”. Hope it reaches!
The MDs feeding this insanity need to be defrocked.
Nope. Canada
With the right re-construction technique . . maybe so.
Canaduh is gone....
Well isn’t that special.
“Go F yourself”
No longer a crude retort to a bully
I have to come up with something new.....
'Cause if you were asking me, I'd tell you to "go f**k your self".
Wait a minute...
Poilievre supports gender transistioning and voted to criminalize counselling against underage gender transitions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conversion-therapy-conservatives-1.6269147
Someone so mentally ill as to desire this needs psychiatric treatment, not surgery.
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