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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Detransitioner on 5Live this morning - massive failure of medical profession

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severnboring · 28/10/2019 13:26

Haven't seen this posted about already - this is really worth listening to, was on about 10:30-11am. Heard it when I was out and about, will try to find link now I'm in front of computer.

It's the same man who was in Sunday Times a couple of weeks ago - he was an alcoholic, secretly crossdressed, suffered depression and anxiety. He says clearly that it is a sexual fetish and he was never a woman. He was fed into the 'affirmation' system and ended up having his genitals removed. People insisted he was a woman.

He was allowed to speak for a long time and gave a detailed account of his interactions with doctors and therapists (NHS and private). This is what happens when troubled and suffering people are sent to professionals who are either terrified to utter a dissenting word, or who have a financial interest.

It always amazes me that men with these (very real) problems are somehow something to do with me and every other woman. Despite being clear that he was a) not a woman and b) not gay, he seems to have seen women as a whole and the gay community as a whole as therapeutic services. I don't blame this on him personally - this has been pushed by the medical profession - the concept of transsexualism and how to treat it (go and 'be a woman' and see how you get on, no need to consult women about this, they're all so lovely and will be happy to mend you) and also of course by the idea of 'LGBT' - he is a straight man who frequently referred to sex with women - why is a gay club the place for him?

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TheProdigalKittensReturn · 28/10/2019 21:23

like that demedicalised NHS service pilot that was going to be provided by trans people in Manchester.

??! That's a "what could possibly go wrong?" in the making of epic proportions. Which idiots thought that was a good idea?

FWRLurker · 28/10/2019 21:48

This could have been my husband. We recently found out he likely has always had atypical bipolar disorder which has led to a lot of issues. Fortunately he desisted before any surgery (he maybe sterile though, we don’t know).

TheProdigalKittensReturn · 28/10/2019 22:01

Thanks ChattyLion. What a shame that model was never rolled out to the rest of the NHS, eh?

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