Spiegel.de
A British transexual living in Germany is taking her health insurer to court after the company refused to pay for breast implants. She argues that the operation should be covered as part of gender reassignment procedures.
Sarah Jane Smith, 51, lives in the body of a man, but for years she has self-identified as a woman. As a school boy, Smith stole his teacher’s underwear, as a British soldier working in Northern Ireland he wore lingerie underneath his uniform. As a married man he donned make-up and high heels whenever he was at home alone.