San Francisco, famed as a liberal bastion, broke new ground yesterday as officials voted to make it the first US city to finance sex changes for municipal employees.
The board of supervisors voted 9-2 to approve the proposal, which allows workers to claim up to $US50,000 ($120,730) towards a sex change, including psychotherapy, hormone therapy and reassignment surgery.
"We should afford our transgender brothers and sisters equal dignity and respect and honour to be able to participate as full citizens in San Francisco," said Mark Leno, who proposed the legislation.
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