BANGKOK: Areeya Milintanapa, a 26-year-old transvestite, had hoped to undergo sexual reassignment surgery at a private clinic in Bangkok next year, but her plans have hit a setback – new regulations by the Medical Council of Thailand.
The council moved recently to strictly control sex-change operations and require that transgender people consult a psychiatrist, live as a woman for a year and receive hormone therapy before being allowed such an operation.
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