Forget What Gender Activists Tell You. Here’s What Medical Transition Looks Like

Quillette ^ | October 6, 2020 | Scott Newgent

[karpov]

At a recent gathering, a daughter’s friend told us, “I’m probably trans because I don’t like female puberty.” This instantly got my attention, because I have known this child for years, and I never saw any indication of her being trans. I innocently asked her why she would say that. Was it a joke, perhaps? She replied, “I don’t like my boobs growing, and Reddit says I’m probably trans.”

That night, I tracked down these Reddit exchanges, and my jaw dropped when I saw how many people and organizations were heavily pushing the possibility of her being trans. But perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised, given the way such attitudes have gone mainstream. This includes the pediatrician mom whose recent opinion piece for the New York Times was titled What I Learned as the Parent of a Transgender Child. For kids Googling this subject, the overall effect is the equivalent of one big glitter bomb going off on their screen.

I write all this as a 47-year-old transgender man who transitioned five years ago. I’m also a parent to three teenagers. Though I admire the good intentions of parents who seek to support their children, I have serious concerns about reckless acquiescence to a child’s Internet-mediated self-diagnosis. Many older transgender folks share these concerns, too. In many cases, we are people who have been quietly going about our lives in society for years, anonymously sharing shops, offices, elevators, and sidewalks with everyone else, without making a big deal of our identity or proselytizing to others. We like it that way. But given the current climate, we now need to speak out.

That one comment by my daughter’s friend caused me to investigate the organizations that purport to advocate on behalf of the trans community.

[liberalh8ter]

All of that sounds like medical malpractice to me and it started with a surgeon taking a scalpel to someone because they “think” they’re something they’re not. Do no harm?

[ronnie raygun]

All to be a very ugly women

[Fledermaus]

Transitioning is impossible. Can’t change chromosomes. Period.

[just Grace]

Side note: Did anyone else notice the author’s name is Scott ‘Newgent’ ?

[GOPJ]

"During my own transition, I had seven surgeries. I also had a massive pulmonary embolism, a helicopter life-flight ride, an emergency ambulance ride, a stress-induced heart attack, sepsis, a 17-month recurring infection due to using the wrong skin during a (failed) phalloplasty, 16 rounds of antibiotics, three weeks of daily IV antibiotics, the loss of all my hair, (only partially successful) arm reconstructive surgery, permanent lung and heart damage, a cut bladder, insomnia-induced hallucinations—oh and frequent loss of consciousness due to pain from the hair on the inside of my urethra. All this led to a form of PTSD that made me a prisoner in my apartment for a year. Between me and my insurance company, medical expenses exceeded $900,000.

I'm sure the other members of his group health insurance plan had no problem with their rates going up.../s

[momincombatboots]

That passage is repeated 2 more times in the gospel. My dh teied talking to his brother about leading many children around him to stay in this lifestyle. He showed him the words in black and white and in red. It is truly like sauk of yarsus.. sxales. The words are there, but he says its all about unconditional ove.
I unconditionally love others too much to not kwep them from the consequences, both in this life and eternally.
Their church supports them.

[caww]

The use of “Unconditional Love” by LGBTH is often miss-applied and used to put a guilt-trip on people who do not support them,and equally as much to deceptively draw others into their circles. Deception is huge with their groups.....because what they do and practice is a lie.

[fwdude]

The premise of the article falls flat in being written by a “transgender man” i.e. WOMAN who says it worked fine for her. She is an aggravator of this cultish movement.

[JstABrdPstr]

For later

[NetAddicted]

Read later.

[wgmalabama]

Cray cray people. Doing cray ctsy shit. Does anyone actually know anyone like this. I remotely, via work, work with one but multiple degreesof seperation She/he is ugly and cray cray!