Hospitals in Taiwan set strict guidelines for sex change operations. The "parental consent" requirement, which no other nation in the world imposes, makes many transsexuals seek surgery abroad, particularly in the "transsexual heaven" of Thailand, where operations are relatively inexpensive and there are no parental consent requirements.
由於台灣醫界對於變性手術有十分嚴格的限制，尤其是「父母同意」這一條世界獨門的規定、讓許多變性慾者自然改往國外尋求地下醫療手術，或是沒有此條規定，價錢又低於台灣的變性天堂泰國。