On the [publicly accessible] International Transgender Health FB page, someone posts a video created by a female detransitioner. In it, the onetime-FTM says ...
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facebook.com/groups/transge…
...She never had dysphoria & wishes she had had more skillful therapy before embarking on medical transition. Sympathy & even some support for more "gatekeeping" is expressed by a few trans members
of the FB group.
But...surprise! Perhaps the most well known US gender doctor --
of the FB group.
But...surprise! Perhaps the most well known US gender doctor --
--Johanna Olson-Kennedy, shows up in thread, taking the opportunity to compare removal of healthy breasts or genitals to an appendectomy. (There's just a *slight* difference: Appendix-removal-regret is not a thing.)
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It's one thing to scoff (as JOK has) at those who worry a person MIGHT later regret a medical transition. Here, Dr. Olson-Kennedy dismisses patients who themselves regret irreversible procedures. What on earth would cause such a flippant & callous attitude--in a doctor?
Thread archived here:
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archive.is/Wxzyb
The detransitioner's video is here:
For the record, Olson-Kennedy posted that comment 4 days ago.
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