I am a transgender woman and I transitioned in young adulthood. Transition was ultimately a good decision for me personally. I am happy I transitioned. My career and quality of life have actually improved post-transition (this seems rare nowadays fwiw). With that said, the quality of research in transgender medicine is shockingly bad. Wh…
I am a transgender woman and I transitioned in young adulthood. Transition was ultimately a good decision for me personally. I am happy I transitioned. My career and quality of life have actually improved post-transition (this seems rare nowadays fwiw). With that said, the quality of research in transgender medicine is shockingly bad. When I was weighing the decision to transition, I was surprised how little quality evidence there was to suggest transitioning would be beneficial. It was a leap of faith I took after weighing all of my options and coming to the realiziation that transition was my last resort. When I embarked on medical transition, I understood the risk that ultimately surgical and medical transition would likely shorten my life and I would be a medical patient for life, a humbling revelation. Transitiong as an adult is risky, transitioning as a child/teen is substantially riskier and the safe-guarding should be significantly higher as this population does not have the mental maturity to understand the risks/benefits of transition.
Lisa did an excellent job with this piece. I don't have much more to add. The quality of evidence for youth transition is very poor and that is why other countries are shifting their care models to more conservative safe-guarding models which is appropriate. I hope the US does the same. I am worried that this growing scandal will completely blow up in the next several years, severely damagaging access to trans health for everyone, adults included. Short-sighted trans activitis do not grasp this. WPATH is not grasping this particularily well either, which is worrying.
Thank you EV for sharing your experience. I sincerely hope your journey forward is a healthy one. For the good of many young girls, please speak out. Your voice will carry much needed weight.
great. glad you accept the consequences of your actions.. your choice to shorten your life is yours alone. however your becoming a medical patient for life should not be a burden on the rest of society.. so in that case you should be prepared to pay for your own medical care if any care is needed that relates to your choice. I still do not see you as thinking gender surgery for children is a bad thing. you say that ..."transitioning as a child/teen is substantially riskier and the safe-guarding should be significantly higher as this population does not have the mental maturity to understand the risks/benefits of transition" safeguarding would be. no trans surgery until 25.. like alcohol and driving and voting and many other things that are banned until a certain age...
I think you can apply a little more love and empathy to your outlook. We face many burdens as a society, and not all of them are ones I agree with. But being a functioning adult in a functioning society means helping people you don't always agree with. No one has all the answers, including me.
including me. but I have little empathy for anyone who wants society to pay for life long medical treatment that they caused themselves. If I have cosmetic surgery I have to pay for it myself. if I have a life of problems afterward. I pay for that as well.. now maybe this person is willing to pay themselves. I really don't know.. but in general we pay for other peoples knowing choices. I don't want to pay for you to have the tattoo of your old girlfriend removed. that was your choice even if a moment of Mardi Gras madness.. this is in many ways all about $$$$ and we always end up paying. want to trans? Have an age limit .. no surgery on children under the age of 21.. who pays. they do..if they want it badly enough they will pay for it themselves as it is cosmetic surgery.. or a medical choice. sorry if that sounds harsh.. will you send me some cash.. I want to have a rhinoplasty casue you know. I just dont like my nose
Thank you EV for sharing your journey. Reasonable people aren't saying that adult transitioning is a bad idea, we just need to pump the brakes when it comes to kids and study it more before we potentially do irreparable damage. Unfortunately it feels like the middle ground is being lost between the extremist arguments on the left and right.
Thank you for giving us an inside perspective on this.
The scariest thing that is happening right now is that, instead of treating transitioning as a serious medical procedure with long-term ramifications, suitable only for those who have no other options left for dealing with their dysphoria, the whole thing is being pushed as less significant than getting a tattoo.
I am a transgender woman and I transitioned in young adulthood. Transition was ultimately a good decision for me personally. I am happy I transitioned. My career and quality of life have actually improved post-transition (this seems rare nowadays fwiw). With that said, the quality of research in transgender medicine is shockingly bad. When I was weighing the decision to transition, I was surprised how little quality evidence there was to suggest transitioning would be beneficial. It was a leap of faith I took after weighing all of my options and coming to the realiziation that transition was my last resort. When I embarked on medical transition, I understood the risk that ultimately surgical and medical transition would likely shorten my life and I would be a medical patient for life, a humbling revelation. Transitiong as an adult is risky, transitioning as a child/teen is substantially riskier and the safe-guarding should be significantly higher as this population does not have the mental maturity to understand the risks/benefits of transition.
Lisa did an excellent job with this piece. I don't have much more to add. The quality of evidence for youth transition is very poor and that is why other countries are shifting their care models to more conservative safe-guarding models which is appropriate. I hope the US does the same. I am worried that this growing scandal will completely blow up in the next several years, severely damagaging access to trans health for everyone, adults included. Short-sighted trans activitis do not grasp this. WPATH is not grasping this particularily well either, which is worrying.
Thank you EV for sharing your experience. I sincerely hope your journey forward is a healthy one. For the good of many young girls, please speak out. Your voice will carry much needed weight.
great. glad you accept the consequences of your actions.. your choice to shorten your life is yours alone. however your becoming a medical patient for life should not be a burden on the rest of society.. so in that case you should be prepared to pay for your own medical care if any care is needed that relates to your choice. I still do not see you as thinking gender surgery for children is a bad thing. you say that ..."transitioning as a child/teen is substantially riskier and the safe-guarding should be significantly higher as this population does not have the mental maturity to understand the risks/benefits of transition" safeguarding would be. no trans surgery until 25.. like alcohol and driving and voting and many other things that are banned until a certain age...
I think you can apply a little more love and empathy to your outlook. We face many burdens as a society, and not all of them are ones I agree with. But being a functioning adult in a functioning society means helping people you don't always agree with. No one has all the answers, including me.
including me. but I have little empathy for anyone who wants society to pay for life long medical treatment that they caused themselves. If I have cosmetic surgery I have to pay for it myself. if I have a life of problems afterward. I pay for that as well.. now maybe this person is willing to pay themselves. I really don't know.. but in general we pay for other peoples knowing choices. I don't want to pay for you to have the tattoo of your old girlfriend removed. that was your choice even if a moment of Mardi Gras madness.. this is in many ways all about $$$$ and we always end up paying. want to trans? Have an age limit .. no surgery on children under the age of 21.. who pays. they do..if they want it badly enough they will pay for it themselves as it is cosmetic surgery.. or a medical choice. sorry if that sounds harsh.. will you send me some cash.. I want to have a rhinoplasty casue you know. I just dont like my nose
Thank you EV for sharing your journey. Reasonable people aren't saying that adult transitioning is a bad idea, we just need to pump the brakes when it comes to kids and study it more before we potentially do irreparable damage. Unfortunately it feels like the middle ground is being lost between the extremist arguments on the left and right.
Thank you for giving us an inside perspective on this.
The scariest thing that is happening right now is that, instead of treating transitioning as a serious medical procedure with long-term ramifications, suitable only for those who have no other options left for dealing with their dysphoria, the whole thing is being pushed as less significant than getting a tattoo.
Oh, GOD……..just, Oh GOD.