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Identity Theft: A Trans* Intersex Woman On Traumas and Surgery

Started by Natasha, May 17, 2013, 06:32:27 AM

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May 17, 2013, 06:32:27 AM
Identity Theft: A Trans* Intersex Woman On Traumas and Surgery

http://www.autostraddle.com/identity-theft-prose-on-my-surgery-and-traumas-as-a-trans-intersex-woman-175806/
5/16/13
By A.S.

"Many trans people don't want surgery or can't have surgery for medical reasons or because it costs tens of thousands of dollars, and that can prohibit someone from legally being recognized as the gender they are, ever. This group of people includes me. It was interesting to see my doctor's face and reaction when I told him the only thing I would change about my body would be to undo the surgery that was forced on me as a child and that otherwise I was not unhappy with my genitals and didn't want to change them. He replied, "Well, you can undo it if you have the surgery." He seemed perplexed that I wasn't unhappy or loathing of my genitals and advised that I remove, cut, and scar more of my genitals in order to cover up the first surgery."
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