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[–]motss-pb[S] 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In the documentary "What Sex am I?" (1985), there is an interview with Clifford, a 35 year old gay man who came from a religious fundamentalist family.

"A gay man desperately running from his homosexuality. He tried to resolve his conflict by becoming a woman"

He went to a gender clinic and was castrated (his penis was also removed). The documentary then notes

"Therapists find that 9 out 10 patients, who think they are transsexuals, decide not to go through with the surgery (...) Clifford tried to get legal classification as a mutilated male in order to obtain state aid for the $20,000 necessary for reconstructive surgery. His request was denied"