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By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com Pacific Rim Bureau Chief
May 05, 2004
Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - A recent court ruling allowing a 13-year-old girl in Australia to begin "sex-change" procedures has sparked renewed debate and may lead to closer scrutiny of a clinic that has referred 600 Australians for "sex change" surgery for over the past three decades.
At least one of those 600 - a man who had his genitals removed and lived as a woman for eight years before reassuming his male identity -- is suing the Monash Medical Center Gender Dysphoria Clinic in the state of Victoria.
The man, Alan Finch, now runs a support group for others who feel they have been misdiagnosed as "transsexuals" or who support non-surgical intervention for people with gender identity problems.