"A judge has ordered taxpayers to foot the bill - up to $20,000 - for a sex-change operation that will make a 21-year-old man into a woman.
In a ruling to be released Thursday, Manhattan Family Court Judge Sheldon Rand said the city must provide the subsidized snip because the woman wannabe, identified as Mariah Lopez, had been in the care of the Administration for Children's Services as a youngster.
The judge said the agency has a duty to pay for all "necessary" medical care to the kids in its charge.
Rand ruled that Lopez suffers from a diagnosed gender-identity disorder and that surgery is the recognized treatment.
"I don't think it's hit me yet. The consequences are so far reaching," a jubilant Lopez told The Post after learning of her victory in the legal battle, which started before Lopez was 18 and cared for by ACS.
"This court has recognized that gender-identity disorder is a real condition and there is a real solution to it and people don't have to suffer from it."
The city's senior lawyer on the case, Julian Kalkstein, said, "We respectfully disagree with the judge's decision and are going to be appealing the case."
Lopez said the surgery would cost between $15,000 and $20,000. The city has already paid for a laser hair-removal procedure around Lopez's genital area."
So whenever you're getting down in the dumps about YOUR high taxes and your city's runaway entitlements, think of New York where an urge to switch teams is considered a legitimate medical concern and it's up to you and yours to foot the bill. A decade ago this would have been considered too far fetched for a movie-of-the-week fantasy but today it opens the doors for every freak show who wants to be just like mommy.
Gender identity disorder. Even Guiliani would have balked at spending money to "cure" that.
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