Transexuals

[I_am_not_mafia]

Just wanted to leave this out here.

http://waltheyer.typepad.com/blog/2013/1...traum.html

I recommend giving this a read to widen your perspective, just in case.

I don't believe the figure about the 20%. I have never met a single transsexual who has ever expressed regret about going through with the operation. The effort required to achieve that stage is so great that it weeds out anyone who is not 100% completely committed. I have met countless transsexuals who are much happier, and more functional and less screwed up once they have transitioned.

The continuing trauma is understandable. Just because you come home from a war doesn't mean to say that you don't continue to have flashbacks for example. Continuing bigotry from society can trigger many bad memories, which are difficult to deal with even if you can hide well enough not to experience daily bigotry. It takes a long, long time to move on with your life. Surgery is never meant to be a a silver bullet. There is great care taken to let the patient know that they can't rely on it to sort out all their problems. But until they have transitioned, they can't even start.

I've heard something similar from people in abusive relationships. Just getting out of the relationship is not enough. People then need to change their behaviours and adapt to being in a normal relationship and even this can take many years. But the first priority is to get out of the abusive relationship.

That blog post clearly has a particular agenda though. It is mixing statistics that are unrelated to surgery, for example the 41% attempted suicide rate quote includes pre-operative transsexuals.