Posted on 06/05/2015 6:56:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A man who identifies as ex-transgender has expressed "caution" regarding former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner's decision to change his gender identity to become "Caitlyn."
Walt Heyer, author and blogger with The Federalist, stated in an interview Tuesday with CNN that while Caitlyn Jenner may feel great at present "this doesn't always last."
"The surgeons can make it look like you changed genders but the fact of the matter is it's all cosmetic surgery. There's really no actual gender change," Heyer asserted during an interview with CNN's Carol Costello
"I felt like I had been duped, tricked, and it wasn't really real. I wasn't really a woman. I looked like one."
In an interview with The Christian Post, Heyer emphasized that he "never declared Jenner was wrong to change his gender."
"I did suggest caution because I have received hundreds of emails from transgenders over the years who regret making the transition. The long-term outcomes are not always the best and suicide is always a risk," Heyer emphasized.
Heyer was born a man and underwent gender reassignment surgery to become a woman only to eventually become a man once more.
An author of multiple books, Heyer has become a critic of gender reassignment surgery and believes that transgendered identity carries with it emotional wounds.
"Transgenders undergo hormone injections and irreversible surgeries in a desperate effort to feel better, yet they attempt and commit suicide at an alarming rate, even after treatment," reads the description of one of his books.
According to a 2003 study conducted in Sweden, transsexuals who change their gender through body mutilation or hormone therapy have a higher suicide rate than the general population.
The study, which followed 191 male-to-female gender reassignments and 133 female-to-male gender reassignments from 1973-2003, found that suicide attempts and in-patient psychiatric treatment actually increased in Sweden among those who had a sex change.
Heyer's comments come as the July issue of Vanity Fair magazine has Caitlyn Jenner on its front cover.
Jenner has received much support and admiration from social media, major media outlets, and fellow high profile celebrities and public figures.
"Bruce always had to tell a lie, he was always living that lie. Every day he always had a secret. From morning until night. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. As soon as the Vanity Fair cover comes out, I'm free," Jenner said in a promo video for the magazine.
Many social conservatives have taken issue with the gender identity change and assumption that Jenner has improved by now being Caitlyn, including the Rev. Franklin Graham.
"I have news for them — changing the outside doesn't change the inside. No man-made modification can fix what's wrong with the heart," posted Rev. Graham on Facebook.
"Only God can fix the human heart. If we ask for His forgiveness and accept by faith His Son, Jesus Christ, He will wipe the slate clean."
When asked by CP about Americans' acceptance of transgender identity, Heyer said he believed "it is important to have compassion for anyone struggling with their gender identity."
"After living eight years in a different gender, I do not think the long-term solution to resolving gender confusion is hormones, surgery and a change of clothing. It is a deeper issue," Heyer explained.
What the hell is ex-transgender? Someone who regretted the choppadick operation and went and found a new one from somebody who just recently had the operation and had it sewn on?
The USA is insane.
The surgeons can make it look like you changed genders but DNA is a not forgiving.
I actually know someone who was as old as I am who worked where I did for years as an expert in his field. Bald, mustachioed and white. Wife, grown kids and all that. Respected man in his field and among his colleagues.
He went full-boat cut-it-off. He became Caitlyn (same as Bruce) and he worked four or five years as ‘her’ always speaking in a whisper and always making the demands that comes with the physicalities of whack-it-off. They ended up giving ‘her’ her own bathroom on her floor and making the rest of the males go downstairs one flight to pee.
After a few years, he went back to a Mr. Wig off, dress off, pants on, coat and tie on. Last time I saw him he was escorting his aged Russian bride down the halls showing her all the neat things we worked on. He’s fully retired now. I’m sure his bride is thankful she can get her citizenship and have a paycheck when he dies.
Enough of these perversions promoted by the left. .by Just because anyone can claim a gemder preference. Unless their body parts change with it. As with discharges of eggs from a male body part, and sperm from a female body part, that validates such a claim . Otherwise that assertion should be dismissed as a mental disorder. and treated as such ./s
5 months.
And body identity disorders, where people want to remove body parts.
A lesbian?
I mean, Jenner us in his interview that he is still personally attracted to women...
A contractor who worked in my office did this, including the full surgical details. Over the course of about three years, David became Britney.
Some time after "her" completion, Britney mentioned that she "still dated women". So apparently, he really was a lesbian trapped in a man's body. Sheesh, that was just an old joke, it was never supposed to serve as a rationale for major cosmetic surgery.
Walt Heyer’s story: http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/04/14688/
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