We all know that transitioning is like a weight coming off our backs. My brother noticed a change in me and so do one of my cousins before I even came out to them… I was more outgoing.
Even through this article is more than a year old it bears repeating,
But what is important and we must never forget… the rest of the world didn’t know that.
Whenever we talk about our lives the question always comes up; where’s your data? Yesterday at the hearing on intersex surgeries the same question came up; where’s your data?
So when research finds things we already knew don’t take it for granted that everyone else knows.
Even through this article is more than a year old it bears repeating,
Gender-affirming surgery 'significantly improves quality of life,' study saysYeah we knew that!
Approximately 75 percent of transgender women showed an improved quality of life after surgery, a study out of Germany found.
NBC News
By Vanessa Guillen Matheus
April 11, 2018
Before her surgery, Sydney Walther, 21, said she had been terrified of going out in public and being stared at by unknown faces. But today, she said those fears have dissipated, and it’s “as if a weight has been lifted” off her shoulders.
The Virginia resident traveled to New York City last year for what she described as a “life-changing,” gender-affirmation surgery at NYU Langone Health.
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“Since the surgery has taken place,” her mother said tearfully, “she felt comfortable in being who she was, and that was really touching as a mother to see that transformation, to know she wasn’t struggling.”
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Walther is one of many transgender people who has shared their personal stories regarding life improvements following gender-affirming surgery, but a new study now corroborates what trans people have long known anecdotally: “Gender surgery significantly improves quality of life for the majority of patients.”
A team at University Hospital in Essen, Germany, followed 158 transgender women patients for a median of more than six years after their surgery. They found approximately 75 percent of patients showed improved quality of life after their procedure. The results were unveiled last month at the annual European Association of Urology Conference in Copenhagen.
But what is important and we must never forget… the rest of the world didn’t know that.
Whenever we talk about our lives the question always comes up; where’s your data? Yesterday at the hearing on intersex surgeries the same question came up; where’s your data?
So when research finds things we already knew don’t take it for granted that everyone else knows.
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