Watch part one of transgendered series "Transformation"
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Lynn’s series focuses on what 'transgender' means, and the important of sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) in helping transgendered individuals define themselves.
Lynn speaks with Dr. Cameron Bowman, the only trained sexual reassignment surgeon in Western Canada, currently residing in B.C.
Once a budding rock musician, Dr. Bowman instead turned to plastic surgery, with 25% of his patients being transgendered.
In B.C, MSP pays for SRS bottom surgery for male-to-female transgendered people done in Montreal. Dr. Bowman does "top" surgery here.
Lynn also interviews BC’s Chief Surgical Assessor who discusses what it means to be transgendered, what's involved in 'getting ready' for transition and how attitudes towards transgendered individuals have changed over the years.
Lynn also speaks with Cadence Matthews, a male–to-female (MTF) woman in her twenties who told her parents when she was five that she was a girl. Cadence has had recent SRS surgery, and has more booked this month, and shares her story.
Links:
Vancouver Coastal Health - Trans Health
