BRITAIN: Prisoner wants to be a man again.A PRISONER who had a sex swap to become a woman is to have another operation to become a man again, it emerged yesterday. Kidnapper John Pilley, currently known as "Jane Anne", made history in 1999 by becoming the first inmate to win permission for a sex-change. It is believed Pilley had the procedure at the end of 2001. Now he is awaiting an operation on the NHS NHS abbr. National Health Service NHS (in Britain) National Health Service to reinstate male sex organs. The 54-year-old is currently at Holloway women's prison in north London and will be moved to a men's jail after the gender reassignment surgery Gender Reassignment Surgery Definition Also known as sex change surgery or sex reassignment surgery, gender reassignment surgery is a procedure that changes a person's external genital organs from those of one gender to those of the other. . Pilley was jailed for life in 1981 for kidnapping a female taxi driver. Although Pilley is currently living as a woman in Holloway he is reported to have a full beard. Spokeswoman for transsexual trans·sex·u·al n. A person who strongly identifies with the opposite gender and who chooses to live as a member of the opposite gender or to become one by surgery. adj. 1. Of or relating to such a person. 2. rights pressure group Press for Change, Christine Burns, said: "Although it is not unheard of, it is very rare indeed for people to have regrets and want to change back." The Prison Service refused to comment. |
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