First person testimony on transition

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At 14, I endured ‘gender-affirming care.’ I’ll suffer with that for the rest of my life | Independent Women

Imagine getting put on testosterone at 14 years old because doctors convinced you that if you didn’t, you may be suicidal.
While I was physically very healthy, I was emotionally and mentally vulnerable — struggling with profound discomfort in my body after childhood sexual abuse. In the eyes of the medical system, that distress was enough to justify permanently altering my body before I was old enough to fully understand what was being taken from me.
This is my story, and one that I look back on with regret and immense pain.
A week after my 14th birthday, I was prescribed testosterone and no one meaningfully explored alternatives. No one addressed the underlying trauma beneath my dysphoria. No one suggested that adolescence itself can be painful and confusing, particularly for girls dealing with abuse.
Eight months later, surgeons performed a double mastectomy on me. My entire life changed within months.
Now, at 21 years old, I live with the consequences every hour of my life, but I …