Just say Bruce Jenner. And not Chelsea Manning. This is getting crazy. Cutting off your balls or pretending to cut off your balls does not a woman make. No one listens to the great Germaine Greer who has spoken out forcefully and wittily about this.
You are correct. The surgical transformation only accommodates the underlying mental illness that causes their behavior. The madness will not go away with any kind of medical technology. Only psychiatric counseling and the willingness to work for change. If you are religious, the healing powers of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ is the only way.
Bruce Jenner wasted his money and only bought more heartache.