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Old Sep 08, 2018, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by SorryNorma View Post
A letter relating to someone seeking life-long elective surgery on their primary or secondary sexual characteristics in order to conform with society's standards around perceived gender is anything but simple. Six months is a drop in the ocean considering these immense issues.
1. Absolutely incorrect. A competent knowledgeable therapist can often write that letter after a single session.

2. Trans people's surgeries are medically necessary. Not elective. Unless you mean in the sense of not being an emergency surgery.

3. Trans people don't just have surgery in order to "conform with society's standards." I've heard many trans people talk about the fact that even if they lived on a deserted island with no other people or societal norms to conform to, they would still want and need surgery to treat their dysphoria.
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