Gender Transition Surgery Targets The Wrong People: Changing Yourself To Fix Others’ Behavior Is Never The Right Answer

I was once a child disgusted by my femininity and ashamed of anything about my body that made me look womanly. I couldn’t stop the process of puberty and becoming a woman, and it horrified me. For me, it was about survival: I had drawn the attention of adults who took advantage of me – repeatedly. I did everything I could to avoid such attention by trying to make myself look less attractive and smashing everything down on my body that created curves. I know I’m not the only girl to have done that.