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Trans woman wins breast surgery

  • 21-07-2011 11:08pm
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    baby and crumble
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    Pretty cool, huh?
    + 90.3 AMP Radio in Canada held a contest this summer called “Breast Summer Ever,” which seems inherently problematic in a few ways but also it’s radio and maybe it’s just kinda silly and fun. The radio station received hundreds of applicants vying for the prize ($10,000 in breast augmentation surgery) and narrowed it down to ten finalists, who posted videos on the radio’s website, where over 30,000 listeners cast a vote for who they thought deserved the prize.

    The finalists included a burn victim and a woman with a disease that once paralyzed her from the waist down, required a complicated blood cell cleaning process and prevented her from developing breasts at all. Of the remaining finalists, five had just lost a lot of weight and were unhappy with their breasts now, one felt her right breast was way bigger than her left and one just wanted bigger breasts ’cause she thought they’d look good and make her confident.

    Then there’s the winner! Avery is a trans woman who can’t afford the surgery she needs to complete her transition, which she points out is not covered under health insurance in Canada. Avery won by a landslide with 76% of the votes and she’ll be getting $10,000 worth of breast augmentation surgery.

    http://www.autostraddle.com/also-also-also-trans-woman-wins-breast-summer-ever-100649/


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