Live webcast of transgentilization surgery today...details and link

[xultar]

to come.

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/19/live_webcast_of_tran.html

Live webcast of transgenitalization surgery today
Cory Doctorow: Soupface sez,
A sex-change operation will be broadcast live on the web (through a Java applet) this afternoon (14:00, UTC -3:00). A 25 year-old man will undergo transgenitalization surgery at Hospital de Base in São José do Rio Preto (roughly 400 km north of São Paulo), Brazil. He, who calls himself Patrícia, hopes that the broadcast will help others who want to know more about the procedure. The surgical team will be lead by Dr. Carlos Abib Cury (medical urologist) and Prof. Dr. Sérgio J. A. Almeida (described as doctor, psychologist, and sexologist). It will the the 50th such procedure carried out at the hospital since 1998.
It promises to be interesting for all those who are curious and not too squeamish. That the surgery is being done in Brazil is also notable, since its a country not well known for being tolerant of transexuals, homosexuals, or much else non-Catholic.

The site is in Brazilian Portuguese, but Babel Fish may be capable of a passable translation (the link-text for the Java applet is "A CIRURGIA"--"the surgery"). There's a short article about it (also in Portuguese) at the website of the Folha de São Paulo.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. I think I'm starting to see all gray. OMG.

Gives a new definition to "Too much information."

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[undeterred]

2. transgentilization or transgenitalization?

:bounce:

The first one sounds like surgery to become a gentile~!

[xultar]

8. My typing skills SUX n/t

[crispini]

3. Good Gad.

Well, I certainly won't be watching THAT. I watched a facelift on "The Operation" once and had to change the channel after about two minutes and am still permanently put off the very thought of plastic surgery. :scared:

[jswordy]

11. That is A GOOD THING! n/t

[Ron Green]

4. Yikes!

.....calling Dr. Bobbitt......

[DrDebug]

5. Ticket Scalping. Row #3 is still available

$125,-

Hurry up before the operating theatre closes.

[xultar]

7. I love watching surgery! n/t

[DrDebug]

9. That's a sale!

And here is your complimentary free popcorn and a diet coke

[Wilber_Stool]

6. Wait a minute

I'll be right back. I want to get a box of Junior Mints. They're very refreshing.

[jswordy]

10. Uh, might I comment? EEEEWWWWWWWW!

And I have done surgery on animals before.

Thank you. I am now extremely drawn up in the nether regions, and urination may be impossible for the rest of the day.

I would :rofl: but I am too puckered up.