{"id":3501,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","slug":"uaes-first-sex-change-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/uaes-first-sex-change-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Will UAE&#8217;s First Sex Correction Case Go Through?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the introduction of new medical legislation a few weeks ago, that states that under circumstances, gender re-assignment\u00a0surgery can be carried out,\u00a0the UAE courts are\u00a0now looking into what is believed to be\u00a0the first UAE sex correction request.<\/p>\n<p>The Emirati\u00a0woman,\u00a0who is appealing to the courts to have surgery to change her sex has already had six medical examinations to prove that her testosterone levels are similar to that of a man.<\/p>\n<p>She also states that she relates more to the male gender and feels that she is &#8220;a man trapped in the wrong body&#8221; and she does not feels that she is psychologically and physically a woman..<\/p>\n<p>The trial has been adjourned until October 5 to allow the court time to study the medical reports.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that this has come as far as the courts just shows how much Dubai has evolved over the past few years.\u00a0We wish her luck in her request.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the introduction of new medical legislation a few weeks ago, that states that under circumstances, gender re-assignment\u00a0surgery can be carried out,\u00a0the UAE courts are\u00a0now looking into what is believed to be\u00a0the first UAE sex correction request. 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