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Wales Green Party leader says surgery ordeal helped him understand impact of "ill-thought-out and callous" trans healthcare delays
The leader of the Wales Green Party has revealed how undergoing major surgery himself helped him better understand the distress experienced by trans patients whose gender-affirming operations were abruptly cancelled following a controversial NHS review.
Anthony Slaughter, the Wales Green Party leader and Senedd Member for Caerdydd Penarth, spoke
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