G.B. v. LACKNER

Docket No. 41363.

80 Cal.App.3d 64 (1978)

145 Cal. Rptr. 555

G.B., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JEROME A. LACKNER, as Director, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

April 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul R. Perdue, Patricia D. Lee and David C. Moon for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Asher Rubin, and John Davidson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

ABBE, J.*

In 1975, the appellant, hereinafter referred to as G.B., consulted Dr. John Brown, a plastic surgeon, who diagnosed him as suffering from gender identity dysphoria or transsexualism. Dr. Brown determined that it was medically necessary and reasonable to perform surgery, which would involve the removal of the male sex organs and construction...

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