article_snippet.sent: then was given Surgery out of necessity.
article_snippet.sent: -Lael Norsworthy has lived as a woman since the 1990s and has what U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco termed severe gender dysphoria. '
article_snippet.sent: The weight of the evidence demonstrates that for Norsworthy, the only adequate medical treatment for Norsworthy gender dysphoria is SRS,' U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco wrote, referring to sex reassignment surgery.
article_snippet.sent: Paid surgery: -Lael Norsworthy has been living as a woman since the 1990s and -Lael Norsworthy birth name is -Lael Norsworthy. '
article_snippet.sent: the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials, in previous court filings, argued that -Lael Norsworthy has received proper medical and mental health care for more than 15 years and is in no immediate medical danger if the surgery is not performed.
article_snippet.sent: The sex change surgery will prompt practical problems, the department said.