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Transgender Individuals Twice as Likely to Die Early as General Population

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Re: Transgender Individuals Twice as Likely to Die Early as General Population

#11

The idea that you need to mutilate and medicate away your dysphoria will hopefully be regarded the same way we look at 20th century lobotomies. Your body cannot be engineered into the opposite sex.

First, wow, I'm a little hurt by that. "Mutilation" is such a strong word for safe, sane, and consensual body modification. Are you so bothered by a body part that only 2 people and a few doctors will ever see? Second, it depends what you mean by sex. I know that I probably won't ever bear children, and I don't want to. I know that I probably have XY chromosomes, and I don't care. I know that my skeleton looks mascul…

I'm so goddamn sorry you had to read that response. It's a recycled argument but I was genuinely not expecting such an abhorrent comment on HN

Re: Transgender Individuals Twice as Likely to Die Early as General Population

#12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First, wow, I'm a little hurt by that. "Mutilation" is such a strong word for safe, sane, and consensual body modification. Are you so bothered by a body part that only 2 people and a few doctors will ever see? Second, it depends what you mean by sex. I know that I probably won't ever bear children, and I don't want to. I know that I probably have XY chromosomes, and I don't care. I know that my skeleton looks mascul…

I'm so goddamn sorry you had to read that response. It's a recycled argument but I was genuinely not expecting such an abhorrent comment on HN

Guessing you haven’t been around very long.

Re: Transgender Individuals Twice as Likely to Die Early as General Population

#13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm so goddamn sorry you had to read that response. It's a recycled argument but I was genuinely not expecting such an abhorrent comment on HN

Guessing you haven’t been around very long.

I mean only for a few months haha
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