Philadelphia near Bankrutcy: Lets Cover Sex Changes for our City Workers

I wonder what Rocky would think about his Philly now?

...Philadelphia is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its bonds are hovering above junk status, it has nearly 9 billion dollars in debt and it has the lowest credit rating of any city its size. 

But its elected officials are focusing on the important issues. The really important issues. Like housing projects for old gay men.

And that's not all:

Philadelphia’s City Council voted 14-3 to cover gender mutilation surgery for city workers. 

In a move that the LGBT community called “historic,” City Council approved a bill yesterday that would require the city’s health plan to pay for transgender city workers to complete “gender-confirmation surgery.” The bill also would require newly constructed or renovated city-owned buildings to have gender-neutral bathrooms. The bill would establish transgender health benefits for city workers to cover psychotherapy, hormone treatments, laser-hair removal and gender-confirmation surgery, which costs about $50,000 per procedure....

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