google.com/hostednews/ap – By Catherine Tsai (AP)
Trinidad, Colo. – This picturesque southern Colorado town known for decades as the sex-change capital of the world – thousands of gender-reassignment operations have been performed here – is becoming a beacon for victims of female genital mutilation.
Dr. Marci Bowers has performed about two dozen reconstructive surgeries on mostly African born women victimized as children by the culturally driven practice of female circumcision. Bowers is believed to be one of the few U.S. doctors performing the operation.