The king of sex-change procedures has died. Dr. Stanley Biber performed more than 5,000 such operations over more than 30 years. In the process, he turned the tiny town of Trinidad, Colo., into the sex-change capital of the world.
And I'm Michele Norris with an obituary for a man who changed a lot of lives. Stanley Biber was a doctor and a surgeon and he performed more sex-change surgeries than anyone else. Biber died earlier this week at age 82 in the town of Trinidad, Colorado. A place he single-handedly turned into the sex-change capital of the world. NPR'S Jeff Brady reports.
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BRADY: Marcie Bowers made her transformation from man to woman in 1998 while a surgeon in Seattle. She took over Biber's practice in 2003. She says Biber's new career began in 1969, when a local social worker came to his office and asked if he could perform a sex-change surgery.
BRADY: A few years back, a local minister launched a campaign to get Trinidad out of the sex-change business. But as Paula Manini who head the local history museum says, there's an attitude here that allowed Dr. Biber to be both the local surgeon and a famous sex-change doctor.
Thai surgeons will perform the world's first live sex change operation on Friday in an attempt to boost the country's booming cosmetic surgery industry. Nattarin Sukprasert, a 27-year-old male patient, is wheeled by nurses into a surgical room before going through a 'sex reassignment' operation in Bangkok December 10, 2004. [Reuters]Doctors from the Preecha Aesthetic Institute and BNH Hospital in Bangkok are due to perform the operation on a man with 35 of the world's leading "sex reassignment" surgeons looking on. "We want to show the world that our standards of treatment are comparable to the international level. That is why we have invited world renowned surgeons from Europe," said Dr. Preecha Tiewtranon, who is heading the surgical team. The doctors are expected to demonstrate pioneering techniques in sex reassignment surgery during the three-hour operation with the foreign doctors watching on video montiors. Sex change surgery is already a multi-million dollar industry in Thailand, which is competing hard against hospitals in places such as Singapore for foreign patients who flock to modern posh establishments in their thousands. Preecha, considered the godfather of Thailand's cosmetic surgery business, said he performs sex change operations on between three and five patients a week. After more than 25 years in the industry, he says demand for his services is increasing. "Thailand is the most popular destination for cosmetic surgery because, one, it's cheap and two, our hospitals are better than most hospitals overseas," he said. Preecha said he pursued the field of sex change surgery in the mid-1970s after witnessing the gruesome outcomes of botched operations. The craft has been tuned so finely in Thailand that the majority of Dr. Preecha's patients are from the United States, where sky-rocketing insurance and the threat of lawsuits have contributed to spiralling medical costs. Sherri-Ann Higgins, a married 56-year-old grandfather from Pittsburgh, is one of Dr. Preecha's latest success stories after undergoing a $7,500 sex change operation last week. It restored her sanity after a lifetime of depression, she said. "I wanted my body to match my brain. I've known I was a woman since I was four years old, but I always tried to hide it. I became too depressed in later life but this process has helped me to be quite happy now," Higgins told Reuters.
Reinforcing federal protections for transgender kids. The Justice Department announced today that it has issued a letter to all state attorneys general reminding them of federal constitutional and statutory provisions that protect transgender youth against discrimination, including when those youth seek gender-affirming care.Advancing dignity, respect, and self-determination for transgender people by improving the traveler experience. For far too long, transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming Americans have faced significant barriers to travelling safely and many have not had their gender identity respected as they travel within the United States and around the world. To create a safer and more dignified travel experience, the Biden Administration is announcing the following changes.
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To obtain a legal name change in Arizona, the applicant must submit a petition to the court for a name change order. The court may give notice to interested parties if deemed necessary, except in circumstances where there is a protective order in place OR if the applicant is the victim of a stalking offense. (Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. 12-601 & 12-602).
Holders of an Arizona driver's license or state ID card must update the name on their license within 10 days of receiving a legal name change. The Arizona Department of Transportation addresses name changes here.
Arizona will amend the gender marker on a birth certificate "for a person who has undergone a sex change operation or has a chromosomal count that establishes the sex of the person as different [than on original certificate]." (Ariz. Rev. Stat. 36-337 (A)(3) (2006)).
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