{"id":929,"date":"2009-11-27T07:19:34","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T07:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/forums\/discussion\/ap-new-zealand-herald-27-11-09-thai-sex-change-ops-just-go"},"modified":"2009-11-27T07:19:34","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T07:19:34","slug":"ap-new-zealand-herald-27-11-09-thai-sex-change-ops-just-go","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/forums\/discussion\/ap-new-zealand-herald-27-11-09-thai-sex-change-ops-just-go","title":{"rendered":"AP New Zealand Herald 27\/11\/09 -Thai sex change ops just go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thai sex change ops just got harder<br \/>\nBANGKOK \u2014 A medical association says Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult.<br \/>\nTranssexuals and transgender men are a common sight in Thailand.<br \/>\nThey appear on soap operas and work at all levels of Bangkok society.<br \/>\nBut over the past two years, a rash of castrations, especially among young men, has alarmed the medical establishment and prompted the new rules.<br \/>\nDr Sampandh Komrit of the Medical Council of Thailand said the new rules went into effect Wednesday and now requires a person to wait a year after deciding on sex-change surgery.<br \/>\nThe applicants must also be over 18 and are required to dress in women's clothing for the year before surgery.<br \/>\nAlso now required is a mental evaluation before the surgery and continued follow-up visits with a psychiatrist after getting the sex change.<br \/>\n- AP New Zealand Herald 27\/11\/09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","topic-tag":[],"class_list":["post-929","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-tag?post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}