margineyes

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   by margineyes 4y ago

   I'm comparing apples to apples. Both gender dysphoria and body integrity identity disorder are mental health conditions where the sufferer seeks to have healthy body parts altered or removed. But only gender dysphoria somehow gets the
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   by margineyes 4y ago

   I find it horrific because these children are having healthy body parts removed in order to alleviate a mental health issue. If I heard that a 13 year old child with body integrity identity disorder had their perfectly healthy hands amputat
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   by margineyes 4y ago

   That was a comment from a different user. Girls having their breasts removed because they want to be boys is just as much gender-affirming surgery as the hypothetical penectomy they proposed. That is, gender-affirming surgery performed on m
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   by margineyes 4y ago

   Yes it is, girls as young as 13 are having their breasts removed for exactly that reason, see these news articles: https://4w.pub/tiktok-gender-doctor-per-breast-removal-on-13... https://thefederalist.com/20