Elliot Page undergoes “lifesaving” “top surgery”

Ffs. Maybe it did save Elliot's life. Not all trans people will feel like that but some will.

If EP is happy then great (though that's not what came across in the Oprah interview), it's their business. I wish them well. But I do feel concerned with the tone of reporting around it though.

It also looks to me that there has been body sculpting surgery to give a kind of physique not available to those just having 'top surgery', again perhaps giving young people an unrealistic perception of what transition looks like.

Is there a queue over here for cancer patients needing mastectomy?

TRAs have in fact claimed before that their surgery should have at least equal priority.

It is also profoundly disrespectful to the thousands who have to unwillingly undergo double mastectomies to stop them dying from cancer.

The hyperbolic language around trans rights is infuriating.

I hope EP is happy. I suspect they've kiboshed their career and their marriage is over. I hope it was worth it.

The surgeon posted a selfie of her sad face with the text ''Just realized I only get to yeet 4 teets next week''.

Wtf. I haven't seen this before. Evil woman 😡

@Maggiesfarm "It's not really anyone else's business ". It is, because Paige is a high profile celebrity, has been on the cover of Time magazine and done Oprah after this surgery. This is the age of the 'Influencer' and Paige is acting as one, using their massive media and social media profile to make hyperbolic statements about, for example, child suicide and sport, and anecdotally in my friendship group it seems Paige is already having an influence on young females seeking surgery.

'Lifesaving' 🙄, really not.

Teenage girls starving themselves or cutting themselves because they hate their bodies isn't encouraged so why is this? There is nothing life saving about cutting off/damaging healthy body parts.

Therapy and antidepressants can be lifesaving to those who feel suicidal.

He clearly felt like it was. Maybe he used the wrong words in the interview but to him it was what he wanted and needed

Yes, he wanted a double mastectomy. But it was in no sense lifesaving as his life was not in danger at any time.

Rubberplants

"Because it's a trend. A dangerous trend where young people are believing that their bodies are 'wrong' and are cutting bits off to help their heads. Never ever going to work."

And if one person does it in a very public way, intimating that they may have committed suicide without it, then that could cause a chain reaction of more like minded young people, using the same macabre bargaining tools to achieve what they want.
Where does it all end?

Thank you rubber and leaf. Oooh, that sounds weird! Anyway, I get it now. He is a transman.

I agree about it being fashionable right now to undergo gender reassignment and I disagree strongly with children & teenagers being allowed to make such life changing decisions when they may change their minds later. Funnily enough I do know someone in Canada who has talked to me about this trend, and it is definitely more prominent out there. I'll be very glad when it is no longer fashionable.

The whole thing makes me feel sad, and for some reason a bit anxious, but that's my problem.

However, Elliott is in his thirties. He is old enough to make choices. I'm sorry he was unhappy as a woman, which of course he still is biologically, but it's done and all we onlookers can do is hope he continues to be as pleased as he is at the moment.

It's not really anyone else's business and it isn't as if he somehow jumped a waiting list queue. Is there a queue over here for cancer patients needing mastectomy? I know services have been disrupted but there have still been admissions and operations. Not really relevant because Elliot isn't here, and he has had his surgery.

And 'yeet the teets' - breasts being described in dehumanising, farm animal language, like women are sows in a farrowing crate.

It is entirely accurate. It is obviously true.

No it isn't. Don't be ridiculous.

The surgeon posted a selfie of her sad face with the text ''Just realized I only get to yeet 4 teets next week''.

twitter.com/HormoneHangover/status/1360596992427249667

I hope Elliot has really good professional and genuine personal support for the days that it’s not all insta perfect while being in the public eye. A lot of pressure to live up to.

Good for him, and I am glad he is happy, and he looks great.

However @OnWednesdaysWeWearMink I agree with you. Calling it 'lifesaving' is a bit much!

It's so weird that women who come out as trans need 'life saving" extreme surgery almost immediately while men who come out as trans don't seem to feel the need to do that. Why is that I wonder?

It is entirely accurate. It is obviously true.

Could you expand on this please?

There's a surgeon that calls it ''teetus deletus'' and ''yeet the teet''.

Yeet the teet? My 9 year old uses the word Yeet!

This all, once again, feeds into the narrative that being suicidal is part of being transgender. That the two are inextricably linked. This is a horrifically dangerous message to send to young people.

People like Jameela Fucking Jamil, who spend their lives talking about how young women shouldn't get surgery to make themselves feel better, crowing about how great this is, that a young woman has had a double mastectomy of their perfectly healthy breasts.

And yes, if Elliott was still Ellen then those same nipples would be banned from Instagram and those same hairy armpits would be a source of ridicule.