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In reply to the discussion: Why should someone who is transgender not use the facilities they identify with? [View all]MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)presenting as that gender.
As for requiring hormones, no, that's a load of baloney. Most will be on hormones by the time they do that, but it shouldn't be a requirement for a number of reasons. Some medically can't take hormones for example and others want to try out presenting as the opposite sex first.
As for surgery, just no. How dare you force a trans person to have surgery to fit your narrative of what man and woman are - not to mention not all can have the surgery medically, some can't afford it, and some don't want it (some are happy with the parts they have and tinkering with them can make them depressed or in rare cases the surgery can be a failure, leading to death or health problems - lack of orgasm, lack of bladder or bowel control, etc).