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Transgender teen lashes out at HSE for ‘lack of medical support’ after being forced abroad for ‘life-changing’ op
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10 Dec 2020, 7:00
A TRANSGENDER teen forced to go abroad for a “life-changing” op blasted the HSE for the “lack of medical support” while trying to transition.
Deanie Cullen, 19, from Waterford, said his experience with the HSE was “infuriating” and raged: “I felt like I have been discriminated against for being trans.”
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Deanie opted to take matters into his own hands and access the treatment privately before travelling to Poland for top surgery earlier this year
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Discussing growing up feeling trapped in the wrong body, Deanie said he always kind of knew as a child