Breast Implants Save Lives
The suicide rate among trans individuals denied breast implants is at least 30% compared with 1.6% for the general population, according to the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Right (RFSL).
The advocacy group filed a petition with Swedish health authorities in response to reports that a transgender person was recently denied breast implants by a the Södra Älvsborgs hospital in Alingsås in western Sweden.
According to RFSL, the hospital's decision reveals inconsistencies in how transgender people are handled in the Swedish health system.
“It's not acceptable that a small and vulnerable group of transgender people such as this transexual group is given different rights to care depending on where in the country they live,” RFSL wrote.
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