A father battling to save his son from vaginoplasty - 21 year old autistic man with history of self harm and suicide attempts is about to undergo surgery and his father is desperately trying to stop it

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[–]JulienMayfair 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I knew a trans woman who suffered with this. She passed pretty well socially, but as I got to know her better, she told me that she regretted surgical transition because the neo-vagina was chronically infected and was sexually non-functional.

Doctors give these patients completely unrealistic ideas of the results of this kind of surgery.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Doctors give these patients completely unrealistic ideas of the results of this kind of surgery.

I think that we may start to see these operations being stopped as organisations like the NHS and other European health providers stop funding them due to the lack of evidence that they’re effective or even safe. I think medical researchers are going to be able to be much more critical of the trans narrative going forward, due to the absolute shitshow that has been occurring at places like Tavistock and the fact that it is all coming out in the press.

We, in Europe, may have passed peak trans. The for-profit nature of medicine in the US may mean that it takes longer for the change to happen there, but the wave of legislation regarding children is a good start.

[–]Wanderingthehalls 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think Europe is, as a whole, at the same point. The UK is at the forefront of turning the tide. In Ireland we're, collectively, still some way off peaking, though I do know that a lot of people are beyond peaked just largely quiet about it. It's going to be very interesting to see what happens here in the near future, as our way of dealing with the gender "dysphoric" was to refer them to Tavistock as part of an NHS/HSE cooperation.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, you’re absolutely right. I shouldn’t have said “European”.