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Singer of the Runaways speaks out against surgical transition of young people

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PotteringPondering · 03/01/2024 10:23

Good to see Cherie Currie, singer of the Runaways (Joan Jett etc) speaking out strongly on X/Twitter against surgical transition of young people. Alongside a publicity pic of herself from the 70s, she writes:

'Misgender this! A few years before this pic I was so into Bowie I wanted to BE HIM. Dressed like him, swung like him. I was CONFUSED about my ‘gender’. It was a PHASE. Today, it would be male hormones, cut off my breasts, destroy my life. Love them enough to WAIT. Please.'

She also comments on the difference between 70s pop gender nonconformity and today's surgical transitioning:

'That’s what made it magical. Now it’s a horror show.'

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guinnessguzzler · 03/01/2024 10:55

So great to see her speaking out on this; the more the better and she has kept this nice and clear.

CantDealwithChristmas · 03/01/2024 10:43

I believe the rush for trans surgery peaked during global lockdowns and is now coming down rapidly. Basing this on anecdotal evidence only as private clinics do not (shamefully) seem to share stats or track medium to long term outcomes. But so much anecdotal evidence has been emerging over the past few years of the adverse long term effects of exogenous hormone treatments and top and bottom surgery (especially phalloplasty) that I think many prospective patients are thinking again. Lots of chat to this effect on the relevant reddit subs and tik tok. Young people saying they prefer to 'wait until surgical techniques improve' and then shortly after realising that they are NB rather than full trans.

I'm glad about this as these surgeries do not have a defined protocol and there seems to be very little sharing of knowledge, technique or outcome tracking. But I feel there is a big class action lawsuit to come in the US by people who have been damaged by surgeries.

I think it's dreadful that young people in mental distress were (it seems) encouraged to have these surgeries. Great news if numbers have indeed peaked but HCPs should not have been advertising them in the first place.

ArabellaScott · 03/01/2024 10:42

Good for her.

A small part of me is waiting patiently for St Joan to chime in.

She doesn't give a damn about her reputation. Oh, no.

DustyLee123 · 03/01/2024 10:29

Good. Many teens go phases, our parents let it run, they didn’t rush to doctors/surgeons.

Hoardasurass · 03/01/2024 10:27

Good on her.