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Professor sues state for refusing to provide gender reassignment surgery

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//January 25, 2019//

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Professor sues state for refusing to provide gender reassignment surgery

Professor sues state for refusing to provide gender reassignment surgery

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//January 25, 2019//

A University of Arizona professor is suing the state for refusing to pay for surgery he said is medically necessary to fully become a male. Attorneys for Russell B. Toomey...

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Tags: University of Arizona, doug ducey, Russell B. Toomey, American Civil Liberties Union, Kathleen Brody, gender, reassignment, medically necessary treatment

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