> Your comment also appears to suggest that a life of depression and potential suicide is preferable to the medically accepted palliative treatment that has sho

> Your comment also appears to suggest that a life of depression and potential suicide is preferable to the medically accepted palliative treatment that has shown itself to be quite life-altering indeed, That only follows if that outcome is inevitable and that highly invasive treatment is the only solution. For example I have a hard time seeing it as particularly necessary for patients with autogynephilia, which seems to be the largest group among men. > at least enough to prevent this outcome. Hardly enough, see http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... Maybe there is some comorbidity, which if treated, the gender dysphoria could be resolved as well without invasive treatment.