Sex changes should be made illegal

[statusperfect]

Originally posted by Stefu
Rather... telling... that Zylka posts this thread after Friday night.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Didn't you notice her Adam's Apple, Zylka?

[Provost Harrison]

I bet she looked like Babs from The League Of Gentlemen too he is getting so desparate

[Saint Marcus]

Zylka = Spink ???

[Blisterz]

If someone honestly does not feel confortable in the body THEY live in then THEY have the right to do whatever THEY want with THEIR body. If anything improves the quality of life for someone then I am all for it. You know what I think is "IMMORAL and disrespectful"? Someone who willingly and knowingly would deny someone something that could greatly improve the quality of THEIR life.

[gsmoove23]

Pretty stupid thread, I'm just suprised there aren't more people who agree with Zylka. Where are you guys or are you just picking your battles?

[Sandman]

I think it's a waste of taxpayers money to have sex change operations on the NHS. They should go private.

[MRT144]

i think that zylka should have breast implants just out of spite!

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

If we are going to start requiring transsexuals to wear a yellow star so that potential mates can know what they're getting into (or getting into them ), then perhaps we should have the bigots wearing 'em too. Who wants to date a bigot?

[Anodyne]

NOTHIHGINSG SUHUOULD B EILLEGAL!!!!!!!!!

Except fuuck. Ecept that I'm durunk.

DOSGREGARD this POST!

[Vandy!]

Well, I've donned the flame-retardant suit, and will give my honest to goodness opinion on this matter, speaking as a non-transgendered female individual who has no plans to undergo gender reassignment surgery.



I admit, first off, that I don't completely understand what it feels like to be transgendered. I'm sure that most of us on this board also don't understand it as well. We are each comfortable in our own genders, in our own bodies. We can't fathom looking into a mirror, and seeing a complete stranger. Hating our bodies. Longing to be the other sex. Feeling trapped and limited in the body you have. Hating sex. Often wishing to die, rather than live with the inner conflict.

Getting gender reassignment surgery is NOT something people do "on a whim". It takes a VERY long time. First, a transgendered person must seek professional counselling for a certain length of time before getting a letter of recommendation by this said professional to a hormone doctor saying that, indeed, this person is transgendered and it would be best for his/her psychological health to begin hormone replacement.

The patient then receives certain amounts of hormones every month. All this is completely reversible until a certain point, and then it's irreversible. After about a year or so, the person can choose to get the gender reassignment surgery or surgeries. For FtM, it requires at least two surgeries. One to remove the breasts [top surgery], and the other to shape the penis [bottom surgery]. I probably misused "shape" there, because after beginning hormone treatment, the clitoris grows in size so it's about the size of a small penis anyway. But it still has to be re-wired and all. ^_~ For MtF people, of course the vagina needs to be created, and some people opt for breast implants, but all MtF people grow their own breasts naturally. (But you know how some women can be!)

So you see, this process takes YEARS and costs THOUSANDS of dollars. It cannot be done "on a whim" and it is not done haphazardly, either. Also, I don't believe it's immoral. I think that if someone is uncomfortable with his/her body, s/he should be allowed to change it.

I'm fat. I should be allowed to lose weight. I can see a councellor to help me get through self-image issues, but it won't change the fact that I'm fat, and I don't like it. So I will go to the gym, change my eating habits, and lose the weight. It won't come off right away, and I could always go back on the couch and start eating ice cream and lard to gain the weight back. But it should all be MY decision. It's MY body. It's MY life. If you don't like it, you're entitled to that opinion.

I have a few transgendered friends, all at various stages of their transitions. I have known one of them for two years. I know, to a very small degree, what it's like. And I don't think that they should be told to suck it up and live in a body that they despise. What's further, they are all open about their transgendered-ness (don't know the word for it . Their partners know. Their friends know. It's not a shameful secret. I don't know any transgendered individuals who lie about their gender.


I have to agree with what old dziadek () said. If we're going to brand transsexuals, we might as well brand other people, too.

[Ramo]

I was exaggerating in putting it on terms with murder, but only to make a point. I would rather liken it to rape. A young girl loses her virginity to a "man" she has put trust in over the past few months, only to later find out that that man was previously a woman (and IMO - is neither now). This should be taken as seriously as rape, and the offender charged and sent to jail for several years.

Hair-dying should be illegal! If a young man places his trust in a blond who was previously a brunette, and loses his virginity to her, it could cause so much emotional damage, that it's tantamount to rape!

[Shi Huangdi]

Zylka, I was wondering. How do you feel Sex changes affect the Pro-Centre?

[Dr Strangelove]

Does anyone know if these procedures are done anywhere anymore?

[statusperfect]

Originally posted by Anodyne
NOTHIHGINSG SUHUOULD B EILLEGAL!!!!!!!!!

Except fuuck. Ecept that I'm durunk.

DOSGREGARD this POST!

You have a point.