A Charlottetown man who's been fighting to have transgender reconstructive surgery paid by the province is optimistic after a meeting last week with P.E.I. Three years ago, when Jay Gallant began transitioning from female to male, he learned that the province only covers the removal of breasts, and not the surgery to construct a male chest. It's now too late for Gallant to have reconstructive surgery — it had to be done at the time of the mastectomies — but he's been lobbying government to cover it in the future for other Islanders transitioning from one gender to another. is the only province that doesn't cover any reconstructive surgeries. In an email statement to CBC News, the health department said it's in the process of defining which surgeries will be covered.

Source: CBC News February 20, 2018 09:56 UTC