Mick Hartley

This is shocking. From the Telegraph:

Two trans patients a day are having their penises removed on the NHS, The Telegraph can reveal.

So that would be men. "Trans patients" kind of prejudges the issue. Troubled men – or boys – who are under the delusion that having their penises removed would somehow be a good idea.

Around £20 million in taxpayers’ money was spent on “feminising genital surgery” for biological men, including teenagers, over the course of three years, despite warnings that the procedure causes long-term harm.

A series of freedom of information requests show that 18-year-olds were among those going under the knife to have the “irreversible” surgery that will leave them infertile.

On Saturday, clinicians called on the NHS to carry out an urgent review, saying it is “unethical” to be carrying out these procedures without evidence of the long term impact.

It is the first time figures for this surgery on the NHS have been published and data seen by The Telegraph suggests that more than a third of the patients are under 30.

The surgery includes removing the penis and testicles and using the skin to create a “canal” to imitate the vagina.

The NHS says that the surgery “is not reversible” and can cause “permanent infertility”. An advice booklet lists common complications including “loss of sexual function”, incontinence, “dissatisfaction” with the visual appearance and infection.

A number of detransitioners have spoken about the brutal impact of the surgery.

Ritchie Herron, is suing the NHS as he says that none of his mental health issues, including depression, OCD and anxiety were addressed before he was rushed down the medical path at the age of 28.

Young people can be referred for surgery from the age of 17, though the operation cannot take place until they are 18.

It's astonishing that this kind of medical mutilation still takes place in the NHS. It's like “body integrity identity disorder” surgery, when people request healthy limbs be removed for no reason beyond the fantasy that they don't somehow "fit". But worse, surely, because of the huge complexity, the devastating impact this will have on someone's life, and the known dangers. Amputating a leg, say, is straightforward enough. Once it's done, it's done. Cutting off a penis and trying to fashion a vagina is on a whole different level, in so many ways.

Dr Louise Irvine, the co-chairwoman of the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender, said: “If this surgery is intended to relieve gender dysphoria then as far as we know there is no research to show how effective it is, but we know that there is a high level of complications such as infertility, loss of sexual function, scarring and urinary problems.

“This is a very profound surgery with long term effects on very young men, many of whom will have comorbidities such as mental health issues or autism for which they don’t receive any assessment or care in an adult gender clinic.

“The NHS is currently doing a review of adult gender services but not surgery. We think it is a matter of absolute urgency that they review surgery. They should look at the evidence and the demographic and ask is this the best way to help young men with gender dysphoria?

“It is highly irresponsible for the NHS to doing this surgery without any good evidence that it is beneficial. It is negligent, unethical and there should be an urgent review.”

Stephanie Davies-Arai, the founder of Transgender Trend, added: “This is the same cohort of young people who have been indoctrinated as children into believing that they have a gender identity and that they are trans who are now being referred into adult clinics and for these surgeries.

“These are serious procedures on young people and the NHS is spending millions on what is really elective surgeries with no health benefits but clear health risks and harm.

“This is not what medicine is for, it is not what a health service is for. This is irreversible and it will leave these young people with medical problems for the rest of their lives with the NHS will have to deal with.”

Exactly. This is not what medicine is for, and it's not what a health service is for.