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Title: South Korean sex change surgeon says he's correcting 'God's mistakes'
Post by: Ms Grace on April 14, 2014, 06:05:34 AM
South Korean sex change surgeon says he's correcting 'God's mistakes' (http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/news-features/south-korean-sex-change-surgeon-says-hes-correcting-gods-mistakes-20140402-35xam.html)
Source: The Daily Life
By: Hyung-Jin Kim

When Kim first started doing the surgeries in the 1980s, his pastor objected. Friends and fellow doctors joked that he was going to hell if he didn't stop. He now feels a great sense of achievement for helping people who feel trapped in the wrong body. He believes he's correcting what he calls God's mistakes.

"Some people are born without genitals or with cleft lips or with no ears or with their fingers stuck together. Why does God create people like this? Aren't these God's mistakes?" Kim said. "And isn't a mismatched sexual identity a mistake, too?"
Title: Re: South Korean sex change surgeon says he's correcting 'God's mistakes'
Post by: Adam (birkin) on April 14, 2014, 05:55:37 PM
His view is pretty much mine, and it's such a relief to see doctors who realize that while this is medical, having a medical condition is not a pathology.