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Havana.– Cuba's Public Health Ministry has gained approval on a resolution to allow doctors to perform sex reassignment surgeries, according to sorces from the sex education center.

The measure was pushed through by Mariela Castro, head of the National Centre for Sex Education, also President Raul Castro's daughter. Cuba's health-care system will provide the surgeries for free.

Mariela Castro has advocated for the operations for years and will head a new center that will provide diagnosis, treatment and pre- and post-operative care to transgender patients.

Cuba carried out a successful sex-change operation in 1988, but future surgeries were canceled because it sparked a negative public outcry.

Since becoming Cuba's first new president in 49 years, the younger Castro has done away with bans that kept most Cubans from owning cell phones in their own names and renting hotel rooms and cars. 

His government also has decentralized the floundering state agricultural sector, raised pensions for retirees and hiked salaries for some state employees, among other changes.

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Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jun 2008 11:24 AM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
belial now you have to relocate .....the above article forgot to mention the Chinese rice cookers that you can buy for 7 months pay
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jun 2008 11:27 AM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Fidel had this operation years ago
Written by: JRRubirosa, 22 Jun 2008 11:47 AM
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
GC:

Like your first post a lot about belial...

FUNNY
Written by: juanb, 22 Jun 2008 2:27 PM
From: Dominican Republic
That's Belial dancing in the picture.
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jun 2008 7:46 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
WE heard about you in the stables with the horeses....Door locked from the inside...Belial insde yelling Giddyyup Whoa Back-up Gidddyup Whoa Back-up....CC the the chicken choker strikes again
Written by: Belial, 22 Jun 2008 7:51 PM
From: United States, Texas
"WE heard about you in the stables with the horeses....Door locked from the inside...Belial insde yelling Giddyyup Whoa Back-up Gidddyup Whoa Back-up....CC the the chicken choker strikes again," the call dog or call boy gossips.

0000

GC, weren't you the dog or did you play the dog in Juanb's prono film?

Which one of you needed stitches after the climatic scene?
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jun 2008 8:22 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Rex the wonder dog ....Alas belial you knew him well
Written by: Jander, 22 Jun 2008 8:22 PM
From: Dominican Republic
You guys are cracking me up and " sex reassigment surgery" Now that almost sounds like a legitimate medical term to make an "outiee an inee"

Cuba has to do something with all those talanted cane cutters and their machetee's
Written by: lcabrera, 23 Jun 2008 11:52 AM
From: United States
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