Gender Identity Disorder and the Law

Case backs need for sex-change surgery.

Gender Identity Disorder is when your gender doesn't match up with the gender that you identify with. In this case a man decided to undergo sex-change surgery to become a woman. She then filed her $25,000 surgery with the IRS for a $5,000 deduction because she felt that it was a medical necessity for her medical condition. The IRS refused to pay since they deemed it a cosmetic surgery instead of a medical necessity. The IRS lost in court as the court ruled the surgery a medical necessity.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/03/case_backs_need_for_sex_change_surgery/


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