SuperJail Warden wrote:
I want to apologize to trans people. The proper treatment for gender dysphoria may in fact be a transition to their preferred gender. If medical professionals support their decision then the state should even fund it as it should any other healthcare options.
I'm unaware of any standard of care that advocates chopping off body parts that are 100% healthy because of a "feeling" by the patient. Alien Hand Syndrome and Body Integrity Dysphoria are conditions similar to "gender dysphoria." But for some reason the acceptability of chopping off an arm because the patient believes they are really a one-armed person born with too many limbs is not nearly as widespread as the acceptability of chopping off a penis for the same reason.
Transsexuals believe they are a member of the opposite sex. They are not. It's a denial of reality. This is a mental illness. I do not mean to imply that they do not suffer or this is a choice. I can't imagine what they feel and I certainly do not envy their internal torment. But that doesn't make their denial of reality any more valid, and it does not obligate others to take part in or validate their delusions.
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