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Rather than travel abroad for expensive surgery or taking risks with self-administered work, the transgender community can turn to Dr. Sherman Leis, a world-renowned surgeon and the founder of The Philadelphia Center for Transgender Surgery.

The seemingly innocuous California legislation aimed at harsher sentences for human traffickers has raised a furor, after LGBT activists note that it will unfairly impact trans youth and sex workers.

This year’s Philadelphia Trans Health Conference drew more than 2,000 people from across the country to the Pennsylvania Convention Center on June 2-4.