I know of him. I don't care.
@previous (Sophie !MLHqI35Srs)
Paul McHugh is stuck 30 years ago. He worked beside John Money trying to close down John Hopkins gender clinic So much research has happened in the last 10 years about transgender people and GRS studies. The article you are citing is from
"Surgical Sex", It is a Pop-Science magazine. He doesn't claim that it ruins peoples lives just that a few end up regretting it and had "no visible effect on clients". Paul McHugh is an asshole and his research and methodology are wrong, not only that, the conclusions drawn by those who defend traditional gender identities are completely without basis not only in his research, but within reality.
I can prove he is full of shit and the conclusion the WSJ drew as well as "gender defenders" drew from his research has no basis in reality at all.
Don't believe me? I have
over 100 of these articles supporting not only GRS, but HRT as well. This is just a few of my favorites.
Effect of sex reassignment on mental well-being and quality of life (Sukupuolen korjauksen vaikutus psyykkiseen hyvinvointiin ja elämänlaatuun)
Transgender people find their natal sex and the corresponding gender role unpleasant and alien, and wish to be able to live in the gender role and body of the other sex. Gender dysphoria is effectively alleviated by sex reassignment treatments. Quality of life is improved among the majority of patients, and regrets are rare. Psychiatric symptoms at the initiation of the transition process, discrimination, negative attitudes, losses in relationships, and complications in somatic treatments may deteriorate the social integration and quality of life of the transgender people. Health-care professionals can ease the transition process by organizing support for transgender individuals according to the same principles as they do for other people.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26237928
Gender dysphoria in children and adolescents – treatment guidelines and follow-up study
Treatment guidelines for transidentity in children and adolescents are presently under discussion. We present an overview of the various treatment modalities. Further, follow-up data on children and adolescents referred for gender-identity problems are presented. Of the 84 patients seen for the first time more than 3 years before follow-up, 37 mailed in the completed questionnaires. In addition, 33 patients agreed to answer some short follow-up questions. We assessed steps of treatment, gender role, psychopathology, and psychotherapy. We compared differences in psychopathology in patients with vs. without gender role change and in patients with intense vs. less intense psychotherapy. A total of 22 patients had completely changed gender role, and some had started hormonal treatment und sex reassignment surgery. Most patients were satisfied with the treatment results. All patients showed less psychopathology on follow-up, independent of role change or intensity of psychotherapy. In general, the patients reported little psychopathology. Our follow-up results support the present treatment approach. In patients with little psychopathology, low-frequency supportive treatment appears sufficient to obtain safe judgement on hormonal of surgical treatment.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-014-0453-5
Psychosocial outcome and quality of sexual life after sex reassignment surgery: An Italian multicentric study
Objective: Sex reassignment surgery (SRS) in the treatment of Gender Dysphoria has been shown to be followed by high levels of postsurgery satisfaction, improvement in quality of life and in the general psychosocial functioning of clients, both on a short and long-term perspective (Michel et al., 2002; Landén et al., 1998; Lawrence, 2003). More recent studies based on a cohort design (Dhejne et al., 2011), however, show that after surgery, transsexuals clients are still at higher risk of mortality, psychopathology and suicidal behavior than the general population. Aim of the present study is assessing long-term outcome of SRS, through a multicentric design which involved three Italian centers specialized in the treatment of gender dysphoria (Milan, Florence, Bari).
Methods: Transsexual clients who received SRS were contacted and asked to complete a comprehensive assessment (adaptation from Lawrence 2003) including: levels of satisfaction for SRS, regret after surgery, psychosocial functioning, quality of sexual life, clinical history of gender dysphoria. Also, all participants completed the Italian version of the Psychological Well-Being questionnaire (Ryff, 1995, Ruini et al., 2003). The battery was completed either online or in a paper-and-pencil format. 28 FtM and 49 MtF transsexuals persons from the three centers completed the questionnaires, from 1 to 31 years after surgery.
Results: In both samples we found high levels of satisfaction in all the areas explored (including sexual life after surgery), and levels of psychological and social well-being comparable to those of the general population.
Conclusion: Our results support previous studies suggesting that SRS not only alleviates gender dysphoria but also improves quality of life and psychosocial functioning in transsexual persons.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274833229_Psychosocial_outcome_and_quality_of_sexual_life_after_sex_reassignment_surgery_An_Italian_multicentric_study
Effects of sex reassignment surgery on quality of life and mental health in transsexuals
Introduction: Gender identity disorder is an emergent and important disorder which may lead to devastating consequences and comorbidities if proper treatment approaches are not used.
Objectives: We planned showing the improvements in patients’ life in multilple domains after sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
Aims: In our research we focused on changes experienced by people who gained new gender identity with sex reassignment surgery.
Methods: We interviewed at least one year after the operation with 20 sex reassigned transsexuals (SR-T) who were once on SRS programme of Istanbul University Psychiatry Department Psychoneurosis and Psychotherapy Unit and who had confirmative rapports for surgery and we also interviewed with 50 non-sex reassigned transsexuals (NSR-T) who applied to the same unit for SRS programme.
Results: Worries about gender discrimination and gender victimization were lower, but worries of being uncovered about transgender identity were higher in SR-T group. SR-T group scored lower on Family Assessment Device, 4th and 5th items of Arizona Sexual Life Scale and total points excluding the 3rd item (item for penile erection and vaginal lubrication), but scored higher on Multi Dimensional Scale for Perceived Social Support, Coopersmith Self Esteem Scale and psychological subscale of World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-Brief Form.
Conclusions: The SRS used in the treatment of transsexuality releases the conflict and makes the transformation on official gender and is associated with improvements in quality of life, self esteem, family support, sexual life satisfaction and interpersonal relationships and reduction in worries about gender discrimination and gender victimization. http://www.europsy-journal.com/article/S0924-9338(14)77643-6/abstract
Transsexualism
Unlabelled: Transsexual conditions need to be assessed for a psychological, hormonal and surgical evaluation. A multidisciplinary consent is required to perform hormonal and surgical treatment.
Method: A critical overview has been performed (PubMed) and the main guidelines have been summarised.
Results: Hormonal treatments include suppression of the naturally secreted hormone and the administration of hormone of the desired sex. The main comorbidity is thrombo-embolic complications for patients under oestogene therapy. The main surgical treatment for female to male (FtM) surgery are: periareolar mastectomy if possible, hysterectomy, ovariectomy and vaginectomy and phallic reconstruction including metaidioplasty and forearm or suprapubic phalloplasty dependant of patient's wishes. The main treatments for male to female (MtF) surgery are: prosthesis mammoplasty and vaginoplasty and for some facial feminisation. The results in term of global satisfaction are high despite a relatively high rate of complications as well.
Conclusion: Results in terms of well-being and psychological improvement justify this treatment despite its relatively high morbidity.http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/23830266
Quality of life and sexual health after sex reassignment surgery in transsexual men
Introduction: Although sexual health after genital surgery is an important outcome factor for many transsexual persons, little attention has been attributed to this subject.
Aims: To provide data on quality of life and sexual health after sex reassignment surgery (SRS) in transsexual men.
Methods: A single-center, cross-sectional study in 49 transsexual men (mean age 37 years) after long-term testosterone therapy and on average 8 years after SRS. Ninety-four percent of the participants had phalloplasty.
Main outcome measures: Self-reported physical and mental health using the Dutch version of the Short Form-36 Health Survey; sexual functioning before and after SRS using a newly constructed specific questionnaire.
Results: Compared with a Dutch reference population of community-dwelling men, transsexual men scored well on self-perceived physical and mental health. The majority reported having been sexually active before hormone treatment, with more than a quarter having been vaginally penetrated frequently before starting hormone therapy. There was a tendency toward less vaginal involvement during hormone therapy and before SRS. Most participants reported an increase in frequency of masturbation, sexual arousal, and ability to achieve orgasm after testosterone treatment and SRS. Almost all participants were able to achieve orgasm during masturbation and sexual intercourse, and the majority reported a change in orgasmic feelings toward a more powerful and shorter orgasm. Surgical satisfaction was high, despite a relatively high complication rate.
Conclusion: Results of the current study indicate transsexual men generally have a good quality of life and experience satisfactory sexual function after SRS.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21699661
In short I leave you with this: Medical science has studied this for decades and has came to the resounding conclusion that HRT is the best treatment for transgender people, and in some cases, with those who exhibit genital dysphoria, SRS is also the best treatment. Those who have been treated by both these methods generally show better mental health, better moods, high life satisfaction rates and an increased quality of life, far higher than if they had not transitioned
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@previous (Nexi !tRAnsGiRLo) I do not need to read all these. I know already
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@694,923 (Nexi !tRAnsGiRLo)
He worked with John Money/Mongele? The one who forced a little boy to live as a girl?
@695,040 (Sophie phone)
I meant to post that for Anonymous A since he is a dick.
@695,069 (WSD !m2cp3rR5zw)
Yup. Fucked that kid up too for a really long time. Making his twin brother practice sex acts. It actually ended up saying a lot about gender and gender identity. It is something you are inherently born with. I personally believe true transgender people were born they way they were and what Mongele did to David Reimer ends up kind of proving that. Gender is inherent when we are born and some of us, regardless of biology end up being the wrong gender, in the wrong body. Forcing a boy who wants to be a girl to be a boy is just as destructive as forcing a boy who was turned into a girl into being a boy. Says a lot about Paul McHugh and John Money that such atrocities were committed under their "guidance".
So personally, whatever comes out of either of their mouths is the same that comes out of their asses in my opinion.
@previous (Nexa !tRAnsGiRLo)
It's even more horrifying when you think about his brother. Who upon finding out that his "sister" was born a boy and wants to be a boy again went ballistic and he descended into schizophrenia. Twins and schizophrenics are much more likely to experience gender dysphoria and he was both. David on the other hand was quite relieved when he found out the truth. Perhaps the most vindicated of FTMs. Just glad to find out that there was nothing wrong with him. His brother though committed suicide by overdosing on antidepressants two years before David killed himself, likely due to his wife leaving him AND having to deal with the anniversary of his brother's death. Or rather, "brother".
My weird theory is quite depressing. He was neurologically feminine and had come to learn that his brother was raised as a girl while he was forced into a strictly masculine role as a child. Can you imagine if your brother was light and feminine while you turned into a manly mess and he was spared masculinization in puberty? I suspect that this tragedy was a necessary evil upon this world, as its abject failure prevented far more from succumbing to it. If the roles were reversed...
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@previous (WSD !m2cp3rR5zw)
It is really sad. If that is the case that the gender reassignment was done on the wrong kid that would make sense. We will never really know how bad these kids were truly fucked up because some "doctor" overstepped his bounds and betrayed his patients trust and confidence.
@695,069 (WSD !m2cp3rR5zw)
He would have a tranny chase that little boy around the hospital.
while the whole tranny thing is fuckin weird to me, I have to say that the Wall Street Journal is fake and has retarded editorials by retards usually
they shouild stick to bonds and treasury bils and that shit
@695,273 (WSD !m2cp3rR5zw) and of course you only do the theory behind that because of me, but yes, take credit for somebody else's thoughts why don't you
@previous (Sophie phone)
You freaked the fuck out when I thought of it and told me to not bring it up with you anymore.
@previous (WSD !m2cp3rR5zw)
And then he tore his own wings off for literally no reason
@previous (Lucifer !MLHqI35Srs)
It is the real tragedy of the Reimer twins. We collaborated on the theory I will admit that. Sorry if I took the credit for you did contribute.