Reaching out to those with sex change regret Up to 20% Have Regret; Sex Changes Are Not Effective, say ResearchersThe review of more than 100 international medical studies of "post-operative" transsexuals finds up to 20% regret transitioning and no conclusive evidence was found that shows gender reassignment surgery improves the lives of transsexuals, with many people remaining severely distressed and even suicidal after the operation, wrote David Batty in the UK Guardian. “The medical treatment of delusions, psychosis or emotional happiness is not by surgery,” says prominent psychiatrist, speaking from a scientific perspective about gender dysphoria.Relevant ArticlesBravo to the Truth: What’s Wrong with Transgender Ideology
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More relevant articles at theFederalist.com Trans Change Regret x 3Young or old, early in transition or years later, changing genders ends in regret, and often, in a total nightmare. I realize different people will draw different conclusions about the people who make the difficult decision to go back. I just feel you should see the stories of those who regret their transition. Alexis Arquette Even well-known and talented transgender individuals with a full life, embraced and accepted, go back to presenting as their birth sex. From an article at The Hollywood Reporter: In 2013, amid increasing health complications, Alexis began presenting herself as a man again, telling [her close friend] Ibrahim that “’gender is bullshit.’ That ‘putting on a dress doesn't biologically change anything. Nor does a sex-change.’ She said that ‘sex-reassignment is physically impossible. All you can do is adopt these superficial characteristics but the biology will never change.’” That realization, Ibrahim suspects, was the likely source of her deep wells of emotional torment. Chelsea going back after 7 years Seven years ago, Matthew, a male drag queen, became Chelsea. Now Chelsea wants to become Matthew again. In the article published Oct. 1, 2014, Chelsea says: 'I have always longed to be a woman, but no amount of surgery can give me an actual female body and I feel like I am living a lie. 'It is exhausting putting on make-up and wearing heels all the time. Even then I don't feel I look like a proper woman. 'I suffered from depression and anxiety as a result of the hormones too. 'I have realised it would be easier to stop fighting the way I look naturally and accept that I was born a man physically.'" You can read the account at Daily Mail UK. Britain's youngest sex swap patient shows emotional upheaval After all the favorable publicity in the US about children "needing" sex change treatment, it's refreshing to read that it is not "happily ever after." She (or he) confirms the point I made in my book, Paper Genders--the brain hasn't matured enough to make this decision until the person reaches their mid-20s. The following is an excerpt from the article (Oct. 29, 2012): Although Ms Cooper underwent a thorough psychological assessment and counseling at Hull Royal Infirmary prior to starting her sex change therapy she has suffered such torment living as a women that she has tried to commit suicide twice. She told told the Sunday Mirror: 'The hormones have made me feel up and down. One minute I feel moody and the next minute I feel really happy.' 'The night I tried to slash my wrists I'd downed a bottle of Jack Daniel's and just thought about how alone I am, and how my decision has alienated my family and how I will have to become a boy again to resolve it.' You can read the entire article here: Daily Mail The insanity of hormone blockers for kidsOne controversial treatment for children with gender dysphoria is the administration of drugs called hormone blockers to delay puberty. The practice is gaining traction without any scientific proof that it is appropriate or effective, and despite the evidence that it can be harmful:
Given these facts, why would anyone inject these drugs into children? Doctors and parents want to help the child cope with the distress he or she is experiencing. Is relief of adolescent distress really worth the risk? Most will grow out of the dysphoria. Isn't there some way to work through the distress than experimenting on our children? [1] J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Dec;47(12):1413-23. doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31818956b9., "Psychosexual outcome of gender-dysphoric children", Wallien MS, Cohen-Kettenis PT., Department of Medical Psychology, Graduate School of Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsGender Regret News If Sex Change Regret Is Rare, Why Are Surgeons Offering Reversal Surgery?I've been reporting about the widespread regret for years while everyone in the media says regret is rare. The Belgrade Center for Genital Reconstructive Surgery says that they have received requests for reversal surgery. If sex change regret is so rare, why are so many requesting reversal surgery? If sex change regret is so rare, why are surgeons offering reversal surgery? These surgeons are known to perform the reversal surgery:
Of course the answer is: sex change regret is not rare at all.
Regret Is Real—and Transgenders Are Going Back...From a physician: From one who had surgery in March, 2009: Regret Is Real—and Sometimes Quick"Although I thought I was completely sure of what I was doing, I began to regret the decision a mere three weeks after the operation. Some might say I was experiencing post-op depression, but it was definitely more than that. Read more Detransition because NOT "born in the wrong body"A University of Rome study proves transsexuals have normal Y chromosomes. The SRY is the main sex-determining gene. AZF a, b and C are genes for male infertility. Transsexuals do not even have a smidgeon of abnormality there. The DAX1 and androgen receptor genes were theorized to cause transsexualism since they can lead to intersex and can turn a person with a normal Y chromosome into a XY woman. Yet there is no alteration in these genes in any of the transsexuals. Some Research Findings
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