The province will expand coverage for gender-confirming surgeries for P.E.I. The medically-necessary gender-confirming surgeries, also called sex reassignment, can be accessed through the medicare program. in line with what is available for gender-confirming surgeries in most other provinces. Rieber applauded the current government for listening to the concerns of PEERS and the PEI Trans Network and people from the trans community. Health professionals will use the criteria established by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), an assessment required to insure the surgeries.

Source: CBC News May 09, 2018 20:19 UTC