Mick Hartley

Remember the "non-binary" Canadian who went to court demanding that the taxpayer fund his visit to Austin Texas, where he'd get a vagina to go with his penis? – a "penile-preserving vaginoplasty". Well, he's won his case:

An Ontario resident has successfully secured public funding for a specialized gender-affirming surgery argued to be "experimental" by the provincial health insurer following a years-long legal battle.

"Gender-affirming", ffs. Which gender? Both at once? Delusion-affirming more like.

The prospective patient, identified only as K.S. in documents filed with the provincial Health Services Appeal and Review Board (HSARB), was seeking coverage under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) for a penile-preserving vaginoplasty, a procedure in which a vaginal cavity is surgically created while keeping the penis intact.

K.S., whose identity is protected under a publication ban, identifies as non-binary. She presents as predominantly female and uses she/her pronouns, but does not align with the gender binary. The reason why K.S. is seeking this particular procedure is because it aligns with her identity – and having the provincial insurer previously deny her request made her feel “less than".

“There have been so many times that I have had to justify myself to just be,” K.S. previously told CTV News Toronto. “People who aren’t trans or nonbinary don’t have to get that permission to exist.”

Following Wednesday’s decision, K.S. said that she is "ecstatic" over the decision.

He won't be feeling so ecstatic when, inevitably, the complications set in. For the rest of his life.

And this:

K.S. was first denied coverage for the procedure in 2022, with OHIP claiming it wasn't an insurable service.

She successfully overturned that decision in an appeal to the HSARB arguing, in part, her reason for wanting a vaginoplasty without a penectomy would validate her non-binary identity, putting an end to her gender dysphoria that she’s felt since her teenage years.

At that hearing, OHIP called Dr. Yonah Krakowsky, a sexual medicine surgeon at Women's College Hospital, who, although supporting patient autonomy, testified vaginoplasty without penectomy is considered experimental by most surgeons.

Still, K.S.' submissions that the procedure she seeks is identical to the process used with some vaginoplasties in the province were sufficient to see the panel rule in her favour.

"Considered experimental by most surgeons"? Jesus. How about "criminal", "gross malpractice", "an obscene travesty of medical care"?

O Canada.

Update: apparently our man is a diaper fetishist, and experiences spells where he's “obsessed” with incontinence. After the operation the diapers will be less of a fetish, more of a necessity. He's also bi-polar and suffers from depression – which makes medical collusion with his delusions even more unforgiveable.