Guest post: A burning plane heading for Oz

Originally a comment by Your Name’s not Bruce? on Their stories have upended his assumptions.

…and any attention they got reinforced to the public the false impression that transgender people were incapable of making sound decisions about their treatment.

Guess what? The impression is not a false one. Deciding to pursue a course of medical treatment that promises something it’s not possible to do is the definition of a decision that is unsound. The falseness is in the claims of those offering such “treatments,” not in the correct perception that a course leading to sterilization and lifelong medical experimentation on your own flesh is not a good or healthy one.

It’s like getting on board a burning plane that is supposed to take you to Oz. You’ll never reach the stated destination, and the trip itself is dangerous and terrifying. Sure you post brave, smiling selfies while you’re in the air, but you’re still going to fall out of the sky before you get to where you’d hoped to because Oz isn’t real; and nobody can take you there. Anyone who says they can is lying, and cannot truly have your best interests at heart.

You left reality when you climbed aboard and took your seat, but nobody on the flight is going to tell you otherwise. There is no safety demonstration from the cabin crew because this plane (though on fire) is never going to crash. Should you have second thoughts, and try to make your way to the emergency exit (or look for a parachute), you will be subjected to threats and abuse, and told that your doubts and fear are going to kill everyone on the flight, and that you should shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down.

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