Gender dysphoria: from Christine Jorgensen to Chaz Bono

[Natasha]

Gender dysphoria: from Christine Jorgensen to Chaz Bono

http://www.examiner.com/x-2242-Dallas-History-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Gender-dysphoria-from-Christine-Jorgensen-to-Chaz-Bono
Leslie Wagner
6/22/09

In 1995, Chastity Bono let the world know that she was a lesbian, a woman who is sexually attracted to other women. Recently, the news reported that the former Chastity Bono, who will now go by Chaz Bono in his new male persona, is taking steps toward physically transitioning from being female to becoming male. If done completely, female to male (FTM) transitioning consists of Sexual Reassignment Surgery (SRS), wherein surgical procedures divest one of all female physical components: a complete hysterectomy to remove the female reproductive system (ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and vagina) and use of tissues to create the genitalia of a male, and a bilateral mastectomy to remove breast tissue and mammary glands.

[Ell]

If done completely, female to male (FTM) transitioning consists of Sexual Reassignment Surgery (SRS), wherein surgical procedures divest one of all female physical components: a complete hysterectomy to remove the female reproductive system (ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and vagina)

they remove...the vagina? oh dear. that is hard to deal with.

[Miniar]

ell; Not if you don't want one to begin with.

[Ell]

ell; Not if you don't want one to begin with.

of course, you are right.
i just had no idea an FTM surgery would do that. from my prospective, it's very shocking.

-ell