“... how long before we find this exploited freakshow dead?”
Personally, I think this is a death knell to Chastity (I refuse to call her Chaz). If “this” surgery doesn’t make her happy... her life worth living (and it won’t) then what else is there? IMHO
There have been incidents where those who are post surgical have been extremely disillusioned and depressed when they realized that surgery wasn’t the magical cure that they thought it would be. Unfortunately, the repair of this type of surgery is expensive and not terribly effective, particularly for men.
I refuse to call her a "him." Truth is still truth, no matter how much someone wants to believe a lie.