16-Year-Old Boy Undergoes Sex Change
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A doctor says a 16-year-old boy has become Spain's first minor to undergo a sex change operation.
Reconstructive surgeon Ivan Manero says the procedure was carried out three weeks ago and the patient is doing fine.
Manero told a press conference Tuesday in Barcelona that the boy had felt from a very young age that he was actually female.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Manero said the patient had been undergoing hormonal and psychiatric treatment for two years, after deciding he wanted to undergo surgery to have the body of a woman.
The patient's name has not been disclosed.
The surgery was carried out under authorization from a judge, as required by Spanish law in the case of minors seeking such an operation.