Father who forced the NHS to give him a sex change by doing it himself with a Stanley knife

By Louise Boyle
Last updated at 1:30 PM on 27th September 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042316/Father-desperate-woman-dies-performing-DIY-sex-change-Stanley-KNIFE.html

A father almost bled to death after he tried to slice off his penis during a DIY sex change.

Kirsty Cass, formerly known as Andy, was so unhappy living as a man that he took a Stanley knife to his genitals and tried to sever the organ.

Ms Cass from Crawley, West Sussex, was unable to stop the bleeding and had to call an ambulance. She was taken to Royal Surrey Hospital where doctors saved her life by reattaching the penis.