The Return of the Eunuch

[NaturalEunuch]

I thought this December 27 article was reasonably objective compared to everything else out there lately:

In September 2022, the International Journal of Transgender Health published the updated eighth edition of the “Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People.” The document had been compiled by a large panel of scientists and clinicians on behalf of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), an organization formed in the 1970s “to promote evidence-based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health.” The updated guidelines included several chapters dealing with categories of persons newly included under the widening umbrella of “Transgender and Gender Diverse.”

The shortest among these new sections is Chapter 9, on “eunuchs.” The presence of this term in a medical document stands out for several reasons. Unlike classifications of recent invention like “nonbinary,” “eunuch” refers to a type of person whose existence has been recognized for most of recorded human history...

https://www.compactmag.com/article/the- ... he-eunuch/

[WheelyFixed]

I'd agree, not bad as compared to a lot of the usual media sensationalism... The author still seems to regard us as decidedly strange, but at least tries to be somewhat accepting, and isn't screaming that our procedures should be banned, or otherwise suppressed...

He does arguably make some points about the differences between what a lot of us have had as personal history vs. the 'binary' trans folks, but I'd wonder how accurate this is... From what I've seen described by folks here and what I've seen of M-F trans descriptions, it seems like both had desires / felt a need for the change long before 'transitioning". The big difference I see is that an M-F person needs to make visible changes in presentation, while the M-E person does not need to... I remember when I was having to get my psych letters, they had the big question of "Have you been living as a eunuch and practicing a 'eunuch lifestyle'" and my response was that I'd been chemically castrated for over a year (which seemed to mean I HAD to 'live as a eunuch), and what did they expect me to be doing differently than what I was doing before? - How do you define "Eunuch Lifestyle"

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