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Man can sue over sex-change op
| "I've changed my mind! Gimme my doinker back!" |
 A man who claims he was misdiagnosed as a transsexual will be allowed to sue the medical team that advised him to have a sex change, an Australian appeals court ruled on Friday.
| "Hmmm... He's wearing a dress and ladies' underwear, he's got a moustache, and he wants us to cut his pee-pee off. I'd say he's a transsexual. What do you think, Doctor Bob?" |
Alan Michael Finch was 21 years old when he underwent a sex change operation to become a woman in 1988. By 1996, however, Finch said he was "a mess" and struggling to live life as a woman named Helen. The following year, he began another round of surgery and reverted to life as a man.
| "But keep those honkers in the fridge, okay? I might change my mind again." |
Three doctors who performed the initial sex-change operation knew he was not a suitable candidate based on a medical report that described his masculinity as above average, Finch said.
| No. Men with 'above average' masculinity join the Marines, or play football for Nebraska, or soccer for Arsenal, or at least hit the bars every night on Rush Street hoping to get lucky. Men with 'above average' masculinity eventually get married, get a decent job, gain fifty pounds and become decidedly, well, 'average'. |
Last year, a court in Australia's southern Victoria state granted Finch an extension to the usual six-year time limit on such cases. On Friday, an appeals court rejected an application by the three doctors to have the extension overturned.
Posted by: Fred 2005-08-20 |
