NDP MP Bill Siksay calls for coverage of sex reassignment surgery

Straight.com – By Stephen Hui

NDP MP Bill Siksay tabled today (June 3) a motion in the House of Commons which calls on the federal government to take action to ensure that sex reassignment surgery is covered by Canada’s health system.

“Sex Reassignment Surgery is a medically necessary procedure that must be available to members of the transgender and transsexual community,” Siksay, the MP for Burnaby-Douglas and his party’s critic for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues, stated in a press release today…