View source for 2016/05/13/Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution

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[[title/short::Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution]]
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* '''when''': [[when posted::2016/05/13]]
* '''author''': [[author::Paul McHugh]]
* '''source''': [[site::Wall Street Journal]]
* '''topics''': [[topic::gender identity/myths]] [[topic::sex reassignment surgery/misrepresentation]] [[topic::fearmongery/transgender]] [[topic::false civility]]
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* '''link''': [[URL::https://www.wsj.com/articles/paul-mchugh-transgender-surgery-isnt-the-solution-1402615120]]
* '''title''': [[title::Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution]]
* '''summary''': [[Summary::&ldquo;...policy makers and the media are doing no favors either to the public or the transgendered by treating their confusions as a right in need of defending rather than as a mental disorder that deserves understanding, treatment and prevention.&rdquo;]]
Original article is paywalled, but is reprinted without commentary in:
* [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/northamptonseminar/2014/06/16/transgender-surgery-isnt-the-solution/ "The Northampton Seminar" on Patheos]
* [http://theintelligentconservative.com/2014/06/transgender-truths/ The Intelligent Conservative]
* [http://oratoryfriends.org/two-articles-on-the-issue-of-transgender/ at Oratory Friends] along with another anti-trans article

'''Criticism''':
* '''2014-06-16''' [http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/06/16/the_wall_street_journal_displays_shocking_ignorance_about_lgbtq_issues.html The <i>Wall Street Journal</i>'s Ignorance on LGBTQ Issues Is Alarming]
* '''2014-06-13''' [https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php?topic=166993.0 Topic: Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution] (forum discussion at a trans support site)

'''Approval''':
* '''2014-10-21''' [https://www.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/comments/2jwxrs/exhead_of_psychiatry_at_jhu_says_gender/ ex-head of psychiatry at JHU says gender reassignment surgery is madness] "Well aside from the god crap he's right."
* '''2014-08-24''' [http://talk.baltimoresun.com/topic/253080-transgender-surgery-isnt-the-solution-a-drastic-physical-change-doesnt-address-underlying-psycho-social-troubles/ Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution - A drastic physical change doesn't address underlying psycho-social troubles.] (forum post at the ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'')
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