How long til the wanna-be TG's become an epidemic?

[Zooey]

am sure the clinics do there best to make sure those cases are very few.

Sadly, this is not always the case. While the excessive and highly stereotype-driven gatekeeping of the past was a problem, the informed-consent model of treatment has opened a number of very problematic doors, and plenty of people are walking through.

I agree Shelley, but the male privilege is used by doctors in justifying "it might be regretted" to make us wait years - one size does not fit all, and there needs to be a place/way to allow some to progress faster than doubtfuls.

How is that male privilege? I believe firmly in the existence of male privilege, but I fail to see how it applies here, unless you believe that FtM transsexuals get preferential treatment (they don't).

[pamela7]

i have more than one female friend who went to the doctors, and got their ovaries removed in less than 6 weeks. i call that a serious bias in the system, at least here in the uk.

[Rianna Humble]

Women needing ovaries removed is nothing to do with transsexuals. It does not even come under the same service within the NHS

[Georgette_USA]

You did not say why they had their ovaries removed. Medical problem. Some of the FtM TS I know have upper surgery for breasts (pretty common), and some may get the full Hysterectomy done.

[Samantha_Smile]

I'd just like to chip in to say

Don't pay any attention to what mainstream media has to say.
There has always and will always be an agenda behind the 'news stories' we see.
Propaganda for foreign war, to propaganda for wars within our own borders.
Someone wants you to be malleable, easily influenced and spending.
It's why there is an economy at all.
(You may choose to reject this part, this is my own opinion)


Now, do I actually think that a person would literally start to present as the opposite gender,
"Because their friends are doing it?"
Possibly, if they're malleable or young.
Do I think these people will go through with transition?
Perhaps. Perhaps not.

Nicole Erin, I'm not sure why you have an issue with anyone's motives for gender expression of any kind.
I'm sorry that you had such a rough time presenting as the real you to the world early on, I and many thank you and many others for your visibility.
But you can't tell another person that their gender expression is invalid because they didn't have to walk the same path as you.

Is there a definition of "real folks" somewhere?
Because to me, it sounds like you're looking for segregation.
But that could just be a side effect of too much 'News'

Or I could be wrong entirely.

[pamela7]

You did not say why they had their ovaries removed. Medical problem. Some of the FtM TS I know have upper surgery for breasts (pretty common), and some may get the full Hysterectomy done.

emotional reasons


Edit: I have a question to the OP:

"does the mainstream adopting CD practices and TS/fluid lifestyles somehow make you feel less special or less different, or do you feel that it takes away from your own essence somehow?"

[Meghan4now]

I wonder what the original OP thinks of the concept of Transgender Regret? If "fake" TS people go down that road, surely, eventually they will come to a point where the novelty has worn off. And by then it may be too late if some hack doctor had fast tracked them through to make some bucks.