Transsexual surgery. A new tort?
M. M. Belli
Transsexual surgery became a modern reality 25 years ago when Christine
Jorgenson's sex reversal shocked the world. Since that time, transsexuality
has become both dilemma and controversy in medicine, psychiatry, and law.
Transsexuality emerged into an interdisciplinary void. Today both
scientists and courts are being asked to fill that void with answers. I
have explored the legal aspects of transsexual surgery, both ancient
common-law precedents and current developments, and possible answers to the
sex change dilemma.
