Another attempt to 'convert' floating around -

this one is aimed at transgender youth and is especially sick as it suggests that there may be funding for surgery available through the program.

My son, who is living in the UK now, alerted me to this, but it is not a UK only mess - indeed it appears to be US based. Nothing rings true; neither the university affiliations, the 'program' (which is actually the title of a 2007 scholarly article), nor even the name of the 'researcher'.

A nasty piece of work and disgustingly aimed at some of the most vulnerable. I thought it might be helpful to make others' aware of it.

http://cnlester.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/conversion-therapy-for-trans-youth-a-warning/

Move along, nothing to see here.

I have transgendered friends, and whoever this is, I never heard of Dr Susan Collins before today.
So you go ahead and get your prejudice on, this is just ONE person.
They hardly represent the whole of Christendom.

Not one second before then.

At Google, a Transgender "Gold Standard"

In a move predicted by one advocate to become the gold standard for LGBT health, Google has significantly increased coverage of transgender health care benefits for its U.S. employees, and other companies are soon expected to follow suit.

The updated benefits, announced internally by company officials on Friday and effective immediately, cover transitioning procedures and treatment in accordance with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s (WPATH) Standards of Care, and include gender reassignment surgical procedures determined to be medically necessary by a doctor.

Some of the procedures covered by Google’s health care plan include genital surgery, as well as facial feminization for transgender women and pectoral implants for transgender men — surgeries that can be considered medically necessary depending on the “unique clinical situation of a given patient’s condition and life situation,” according to WPATH’s seventh version of care standards, published in September.

“As the WPATH Standards of Care are considered the highest standards of care for transgender individuals, we agreed to cover the full range of procedures under WPATH,” Google spokesman Jordan Newman told The Advocate.

Google also has more than doubled the maximum dollar amount for transgender health care benefits, from $35,000 to $75,000, the minimum amount required for a 100% rating on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2012 Corporate Equality Index, which is expected to be released in the coming weeks. The benefits are covered by the company’s existing insurance providers and apply to domestic employees, Newman said. Google is considering extending similar benefits to international employees, though it does not currently have a timeline for doing so.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/11/22/At_Google_a_Transgender_Gold_Standard/

Recommended original OP.

I'll pass it along to my son, also, so he can share it with his friends and co-workers.

Thanks again!

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