Maybe, just maybe, this was never a good idea in the first place.

Trans men sue NHS over ‘half-built’ genitalia

Sorry, mate, just can’t get the parts.

Human rights lawyers are representing patients who have been left with “indeterminate genitalia” and “psychological distress” after their surgery processes were unexpectedly halted.

NHS England had commissioned St Peter’s Andrology Centre, a private clinic in north London, to carry out the surgeries but did not renew the contract upon its expiry in March 2020.

Good old Saint Peter, patron saint of rebuilt peters.

Seeking further information, I learn that andrology is a real thing. Creating a penis out of thigh skin on the other hand, not so much. Whatever you create that way it’s not a penis.

The two genital surgeries in question are metoidioplasty and phalloplasty, in which a penis is created from existing genital tissue or from skin grafts from elsewhere on the body, respectively. They are complex procedures that commonly require three stages of surgery.

It isn’t, though. A pseudo-penis, a dummy penis, a pretend penis, a fake penis – but not a penis.