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  • This is an interesting take. If it’s sometimes a good thing, why does it matter whether or not it’s generally a thing? Because many people talk about it like it’s a thing that happens all the time to trans children when really, it isn’t. There’s a lot of fearmongering around this. I think pointing out how insignificant this topic is is important. I don’t have sources that it generally does more harm than good and tbh I’m too lazy to go dig something up for an argument on lemmy. However i think by ignoring my “rhetorical smokescreens” you missed an important point. I think intersex children that have experienced mutilation during infancy are a great example for why sex change surgeries on minors should not be made completely illegal. Generally I don’t think this topic warrants governmental interference.



  • now that I think about it more, “sex Change surgeries on minors” are a genuine issue that happens quite regularly. however it’s not the kind most people talk about.

    I mean “corrective” surgery on intersex people, where the doctor often decides what gender the Child should be based on the size of the penis and then “corrects” or sometimes mutilates the baby’s genitals.

    that is also one of the rare scenarios where the kind of “sex change surgery on minors” that most people talk about could be relevant. just imagine the pain a boy would go through after hearing that the doctor cut up their genitals at birth because they didn’t fit neatly into the binary that is expected of babies.

    so, no. I don’t think the kind of “sex change surhery on minors” you’re talking about should be banned. it generally isn’t a thing, and sometimes it’s a good thing. we should focus on the horrible things that are done to intersex people.