In paying for sex changes, Cuba breaks from past

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(365 Gay) (Havana) Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach. “I would see myself, and my body didn’t match who I was,” said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a sex change under Cuba’s universal health care system. Gonzalez is living proof of a small but remarkable transformation for the rugged revolution of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and a band of ever-macho, bearded rebels, who long punished gays and transsexuals – but now are paying for sex changes.

 

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In paying for sex changes, Cuba breaks from past

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