Transgender surgeries

I have been told by a reliable person that our local Whitman Hospital is now performing “transgender surgeries.” That is very disturbing on many grounds. But, letters to the editor only allow 250 words, so, for brevity sake I will address only one.

First and foremost is the moral issue. Let us mix a couple of metaphors and pull aside a modern day smoke screen. It is a biological fact that there are only two sexes. Male and Female. Those are determined by our DNA. Yes, I know about the very rare DSD (Differences in Sex Development), but that is so rare that even inserting it into this discussion is adding to the aforementioned smoke screen— not pulling it back.

No amount of surgery can change a person’s DNA. They are stuck with it for life. To believe you are one sex when your DNA says the opposite is delusional. Period. Those poor folks need help and it can’t come from a surgeons knife and artificial hormones.

There are individuals who suffer from anorexia and have the body delusion of being obese, when it is clearly evident they are already just “skin and bones”. Would and ethical MD perform a stomach reduction surgery just to make a fat fee? To twist such a surgery into something called “affirming care” is to torture the english language. And I have another old english term that I think would be more appropriate. I would call it “evil”. My word count is up.

Travis Brock

Colfax, WA