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Sex change surgery sought by United Arab Emirates woman in first for nation

An Emirati woman has sought leave to have a sex change operation in what would be a first for the United Arab Emirates, newspapers have reported.

A new law allows for sex change operations on medical grounds in UAE
Source: ABC Australia

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By Heba Kassoua



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The application to the court in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi comes after a change in the law took effect earlier this month legalising gender reassignment surgery.

Lawyer Ali al-Mansouri told Gulf News the 29-year-old woman always felt strongly she was not the gender she physically appeared to be.


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