"73 year old transsexual Vicki Harvey has lashed out at the public after being denied her sex change surgery, blaming “bigoted correspondents” to the Taranaki Daily News using her case as a “political weapon”.
If approved as a suitable candidate for sex change surgery, her $30,000 operation would have been funded by the public health system. After assessment, she has been declined public funded surgery".
The surgery provoked a public outcry against it stating that its unfair to allow such an expense because other people have to wait for the simplest surgeries. It almost seems that people are objecting to her getting help before they do. One thing they haven't considered is that Vicki has waited in line for 73 years. I'd say she deserves to go to the head of the line.
Ever noticed how the media seems to pay special attention to Transsexuals, Gays and Lesbians in the news. Many of these stories would never see print if the subjects were White Anglo Saxon Portestant Straight people (WASPS). The press loves labels. Whenever it gets to point the nodding finger and yell Transsexual or Gay it does so knowing that the public will be outraged. It SELLS newspapers. If Vicki were simply a woman who needed a $30,000 operation noone would even be reporting it. Finger wagging! Maybe someone should just cut it off.
http://www.gaynz.com/news/default.asp?dismode=article&artid=2769
Laura
If approved as a suitable candidate for sex change surgery, her $30,000 operation would have been funded by the public health system. After assessment, she has been declined public funded surgery".
The surgery provoked a public outcry against it stating that its unfair to allow such an expense because other people have to wait for the simplest surgeries. It almost seems that people are objecting to her getting help before they do. One thing they haven't considered is that Vicki has waited in line for 73 years. I'd say she deserves to go to the head of the line.
Ever noticed how the media seems to pay special attention to Transsexuals, Gays and Lesbians in the news. Many of these stories would never see print if the subjects were White Anglo Saxon Portestant Straight people (WASPS). The press loves labels. Whenever it gets to point the nodding finger and yell Transsexual or Gay it does so knowing that the public will be outraged. It SELLS newspapers. If Vicki were simply a woman who needed a $30,000 operation noone would even be reporting it. Finger wagging! Maybe someone should just cut it off.
http://www.gaynz.com/news/default.asp?dismode=article&artid=2769
Laura
