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‘I woke up as me’: Trans and non-binary people on joy of having top surgery (www.thepinknews.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Because we all need some more trans joy in our life.

Trans and non-binary people share how getting top surgery helped them enjoy life, "feel happy" and affirm their identity.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

There aren’t words to fully articulate the improvement to quality of life following top surgery. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity.

This article reminded me of a concern I have amidst a social climate increasingly hostile toward trans folks. A lot of trans* positive posts about medical intervention sugar-coat things and lack critical nuance. I could almost make the case for overcompensating for the fear-mongering around detransition.

However, I do think it’s worse to leave people in the dark about real difficulties the folks can experience after top surgery like poor results, post-op depression, increased lower dysphoria, the weird adjustment to less dysphoria, etc.

I wouldn’t want anyone setting unrealistic expectations or thinking something’s wrong with them if it’s not all puppies and rainbows.