I mean, this is an epic violation of the Hippocratic Oath, “First, do no harm...” Any doctor that would prescribe or perform surgery to mutilate the genitals of a patient (no matter how they “feel”) should not only be stripped of their license to practice medicine, they should go to prison.
The fact that the medical profession has been aiding this insanity (along with the political/peer pressure decision in 1973 to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but not based on sound science — there goes the claim that Republicans don’t believe in science) shows there needs to be a serious reevaluation of the entire profession by responsible individuals.
The “trans” phenomenon is not the direct result of the DSM change in 1972.
In fact, the existence of trans people was much more respectable (medically) in 1972 than it is today.
What has happened is a political tidal wave. The Johns Hopkins psych department, which started all this, has denounced it and withdrawn. A lot of the surgery happens in Thailand.
As the medical view of this has turned negative, the popular view has become overwhelmingly positive.
It’s hard to figure.
This.