Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Change We Can Believe In


The Daily News is reporting that New York City's Administration for Children's Services has paid for sex-reassignment surgery for a 21-year-old in foster care. I love the idea of the government recognizing gender identity disorders as a legitimate medical condition, but I'm even more heartened to learn that foster children are part of the system until 21 rather than 18. (Who is really an adult at 18?) Apparently the procedure was approved before she turned 21, which is when they normally age leave the system. Read HERE.

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