Trans in the military?
If you're trans and wanted to go into the military and the military was not required by law to address or help transition, would you still be willing to or even want to serve and put your transitioning on hold?
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hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
Cease · 26-30
@hippyjoe1955 It's not just "mutilation" under medical science.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@Cease No it is mutilation. Medical practitioners can call it what they want it is still but in fact it is mutilation that will likely lead to suicide.
Cease · 26-30
"Mutilation" in the sense that you are cutting and altering part of the body in which case, "surgery" would be considered mutilation. The words aren't interchangeable context to the subject.
It probably makes one less likely to commit suicide if transgendered.
It probably makes one less likely to commit suicide if transgendered.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@Cease Statistically it does seem to indicate that people who have mutilated themselves through sex reassignment surgery are more likely to commit suicide than those that do not mutilate themselves.
Cease · 26-30
mutilation that will likely lead to suicide
I haven't seen any studies that have eliminated enough factors (socialital, economic, employment, state of interpersonal relationships, follow up therapy, previous underlying conditions, etc) out of the equation out right states that reassignment surgery itself leads to suicide.
And the surgery by itself probably wouldn't curb or cure the already higher among the general population suicide rates. Because of all the other factors being coming up short and it's only part of the transition. Not to mention if they even wanted surgery. They do not all need it to relieve their dysmorphia.