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“They expect a certain narrative of ‘I’ve always known I’m the other gender and I’m in the wrong body,’” says Stanford, in reference to the requirement of speaking with...
“Having access to medical services is important for our ability to live with integrity, and, at times, it is also a matter of our safety in the world,” he says.
While Sensing says he will tolerate the “disorder” classification since it allows for medical treatment, he says he hopes that this is not a label transgender people will have to carry forever.
Eva B. Rosenberg ’10, chair of Harvard Transgender Task Force, agrees that the lack of visibility can lead to unintentional discrimination, not only in the search for medical treatment, but also in day-to-day issues such as checking a male/female box on a form, changing one?...
While Stanford University is also in the process of developing an insurance policy covering sex reassignment surgery, Harvard is the first Ivy League school to offer coverage for any form of sex reassignment surgery. Members of the transgender community are hopeful that the initiative to be more inclusive of transgender...