According to the latest edition of the newsletter Diversidad (Diversity), the National Assembly of Popular Power (parliament) will discuss the issue of free sex change surgery, meaning that the health care public system will treat all persons who apply.
The measure would complement the present Identity Law that already acknowledges the right of citizens to change name and sexual identity. This places Cuba at the vanguard of the legislations that acknowledge the rights of transvestites, transsexuals and transgender in Latin America.
"We have decided to begin with transsexuals because they are the most vulnerable from the point of view of physical and psychological health," said Mariela Castro Espín, director of the National Center of Sexual Education (CENESEX).
According to the publication, Cuba's parliament will present several favorable measures for the LGTB (Lesbians, Gays, Trans and Bisexuals) community in 2007, including the legalization of same sex unions.
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