ALL: Would removing "real life experience" requirements from trans healthcare benefit everyone?

submitted by ntr4ctrAdult Male with gender dysphoria from (self.GCdebatesQT)

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[–]ntr4ctrAdult Male with gender dysphoria[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I mean honestly, there is no procedure to give someone "female parts", all they can do is cut a hole of varying depth. And honestly, I don't care what they replace it with. As long as the penis and testicles are gone and I can still go to the bathroom, I'll consider it a success. But I don't know of any hospitals that perform "just hack your genitals off when they don't present any kind of immediate medical danger" surgery, and I certainly doubt my insurance would cover it if they did. I want what's known as a zero-depth where they don't even bother making any kind of "hole", since it has a lower risk of complications and I don't think a surgical flesh wound would make me a "woman" anyways.

I don’t recommend any type of genital surgery to anyone because being sterile and having to take exogenous hormone for the rest of your life isn’t fun.

I've been on hrt for over 2 years now, and honestly, I like it a lot better. Testosterone just feels disgusting, and even if I'm still a man and always will be, never having to have it in my body again feels really nice.

I do feel like in the case of SRS or anything else, people should pay for it themselves. It’s not fair to others to ask them to support something like this when it isn’t medically necessarily from physical standpoint.

I don't really agree here. Medical insurance pays for anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications, even though there isn't any kind of physical health problem that needs to be treated. Transition care for trans patients leads to a marked decrease in rates of depression, so why shouldn't it be covered by medical insurance in the same way other depression treatments are?

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I mean honestly, there is no procedure to give someone "female parts", all they can do is cut a hole of varying depth.

That’s why I made sure to say “female like parts”. It’s not the same thing, it’s just trying to mimic it. I feel like you may be simplifying a little though.

I've been on hrt for over 2 years now, and honestly, I like it a lot better.

2 years is a really short time when you look at your whole life. Life is long even though people say it’s not. If you have surgery, you removing your bodies ability to produce adequate hormones to maintain health. It shouldn’t be taken lightly.

Transition care for trans patients leads to a marked decrease in rates of depression, so why shouldn't it be covered by medical insurance in the same way other depression treatments are?

I don’t think other treatments for depression harm healthy bodies in the way that genital surgeries or mastectomies do. Plus, a lot of people disagree with it any I don’t think it’s fair or helps trans people gain acceptance to make them participate. I had to wait longer than I wanted so I could save money to pay for mine. I also feel like it might help with regret (which is significant).