EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Beast got an unprecedented look at the world of backstreet castrations where people desperate to have their genitalia altered or removed undergo risky, illicit operations. trib.al/Zaubfhy
This is not a horror story of an internet date gone Lifetime original movie-level wrong
William, who we featured in the story, met with a cutter, someone who does underground surgeries on people who want to modify or remove part or all of their genitals
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William, who we featured in the story, met with a cutter, someone who does underground surgeries on people who want to modify or remove part or all of their genitals
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William, who learned at 17 that he was born with XXY chromosomes and has intersex characteristics, identifies as a gender neutrois male, a non-binary identity, and uses he/him pronouns.
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He wanted this cutter to help him start a physical transition to align his body with this identity, a process he hopes will eventually leave him with a fully smooth groin.
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Based on his own hunt for a cutter, William estimates “that there are at least a few in each state” in the U.S. alone.
Many appear to fly under the radar of law enforcement officials. trib.al/Zaubfhy
Many appear to fly under the radar of law enforcement officials. trib.al/Zaubfhy
But the world of cutters, and the people who seek them out, is far more expansive and complex than you may think. trib.al/Zaubfhy
Read more of this in-depth exclusive by Mark Hay here: trib.al/Zaubfhy
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