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Transexual loses bid for state-paid breast enlargements

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A 58-year-old British transsexual Tuesday lost her court battle over the state-funded health service’s refusal to pay for a breast enlargement, which she claimed violated her human rights.

Identified only as “C” for legal reasons, the gender identity disorder (GID) sufferer — referring to people unhappy with their sex — has been living as a woman for more than a decade.

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