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Doctors can now transplant penises. What does this mean for transgender men?

Started by suzifrommd, May 17, 2016, 12:47:50 PM

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May 17, 2016, 12:47:50 PM
Doctors can now transplant penises. What does this mean for transgender men?

http://fusion.net/story/303034/penis-transplants-and-transgender-men/

Marisa Kabas
5/17/16 12:02 PM

For many men, feeling like a "real" man is inextricably linked with having a phallus. Most of the military vets who have suffered from what doctors call "genitourinary injuries"—1,367 in Iraq or Afghanistan from 2001 to 2013, according to the Department of Defense—are under 35 years old and report feeling completely stripped of their manhood. But for transgender men who were not born with a penis, having one could be the final step in their transformation into what it means to be physically male.
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