Society & Culture

transgender surgery

Society & Culture

Posted by: david

8th Nov 2010 11:21am

does anyone agree with this operation to be performed on an australian male soldier.who want's to become female.to be paid for by the australian government defence forces.
my opinion:::it must be quite debilitating for this young man to be male yet his mind is telling him he should be female.i thing the operation should be performed and the new female soldier pay it back with longer service.my only thoughts are this man has children and will not have a father as such.how will it affect them???


montypython
  • 18th Apr 2011 06:30pm

I'm all for transgender surgery, but I don't see why the ADF should be paying for it. I can't think of any other job where such a thing would be subsidised by the employer. And why should it? It's a personal decision, and unless it's somehow directly affecting their work life, it should be up to the person to pay for it.

I don't believe that having two parents of the same sex should be a problem for children (what about single parents? or parents' friends who have a major influence in the child's life?). I do agree that it would be a big adjustment for a child to have to make, to suddenly have their parent change so drastically. But if it's really what that person wants, the child may find that their parent is suddenly much more happy and free, which can only be a good thing.


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