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Lucy Leader's avatar

What a depressing read, but what an informative and comprehensive history of man's folly.

I have written about many of the same issues. Here is the story of just one tragic girl, who with the complicity of her family and "medical care" team, transed herself to death in a futile quest to gain the ability to pee while standing. And NB, none of the treatments/procedures she subjected herself to ever assuaged her "gender dysphoria". The just cemented in her mental health problems. https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/rip-griffin-sivret

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James Loewen's avatar

Excellent essay, very thorough research. Your mention of The Connie Norman Transgender Empowerment Center (CNEC) sent me looking for an old magazine in my archives, The Transsexual News Telegraph: The Magazine About Transsexual Life (Summer 1997 Issue #7) with an article (pages 11-12) about AIDS activist Connie Norman (1949-1996).

'During her last days, Connie continued to go through changes. She started growing her beard. Once she mused "You know, in a different world, I wouldn't have had to cut off my dick to act as nellie as I wanted." The point wasn't the missed dick. Connie had done well with what she had made. The point was society had demanded an impossible choice from Connie: male or female.'

I thought you might find this of interest. So often the men who have chosen genital amputations to appear female, have a brave public story about the surgery, but in private, to friends, reveal sadness and regret.

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