Army dismisses country`s first transgender soldier
(WorldNews South Korea)

Sergeant Byun Hee-soo, the country`s first transgender soldier, salutes at a press conference criticizing her involuntary discharge from service at the Military Human Rights Center in Seoul, Wednesday. / Yonhap By Lee Suh-yoon The nation`s first transgender soldier was involuntarily discharged from the army, Wednesday, in a decision that once again set back LGBT rights in the country`s armed forces. The army`s special review committee discharged Byun Hee-soo, a sergeant who undertook a sex change operation in November, saying her new `physical disability` - the loss of male genitalia from the operation - disqualified her from military...