WashBlade.com – Elizabeth A. Perry
Some world religions more welcoming than others
L?Osservatore Romano, the official Vatican newspaper, recently criticized the government of Tuscany, Italy for providing free hormone treatments to those transitioning from one sex to another.
?Faced with problems that afflict health care in Tuscany, waiting lists for operations, [insufficient funds for] chemotherapy and inadequate numbers of medical staff, perhaps it would have been better not to give precedence to hormonal treatment for sex changes,? the story said.