A sex-change op is NOT more essential than treating Covid-19 – even if trans activists cry otherwise

Sophia Narwitz

is a writer and journalist from the US. Outside of her work on RT, she is a primary writer for Colin Moriarty's Side Quest content, and she manages her own YouTube channel. Follow her on Twitter @SophNar0747

14 Apr, 2020 12:21

Covid-19 has infected two million people and so far has killed 120,000. Half of humanity is under some form of social lockdown. And unemployment is exploding. But the biggest victims are trans people unable to have a sex change.

Or at least, that’s what they want you to think.

150 2:39 AM - Apr 11, 2020


The trans suicide rate is a shockingly high number. There’s no one factor as to why trans people attempt to take their own life. Social issues, hatred of one’s body, loss of friends and family, loss of career, a struggle to accept oneself, and a myriad of other problems plague those who feel they were born in the wrong body.

Depression almost comes with the territory, but it’s a depression that won’t be magically healed by slicing and dicing their genitals. Some studies have shown that even post-op individuals make attempts on their life to a higher degree. That’s not to say such surgeries are to blame, because other studies and even my own personal experiences show that it does in some cases improve the lives of others, the issue is that trans people think it’s a bandaid for all their woes.

Those who go into surgery sad, are more than likely still going to come out of surgery sad. There may be a window where they believe they are happier, but the high fades, and then they fall right back into the mental state they’d previously occupied.

Elianor Pâtes ou Riz

1/ What many people here don't seem to understand is that trans healthcare is ALWAYS deemed "non-essential" but now we are even told to suck it and shut the fuck up! AGAIN. Well fuck you. Some of us waited YEARS for those surgeries...

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/23/coronavirus-trans-healthcare-gender-reaffirming-essential-surgery-cancelled-vice/

Coronavirus: Trans people see their healthcare deemed 'non-essential'
There are multiple reports of trans people having their surgeries cancelled because of coronavirus, with healthcare for trans people deemed "non-essential".
pinknews.co.uk

9 12:54 AM - Mar 24, 2020


Using myself as an example – and yes I am a tranny – the most important advice I can share is to fix internal issues first and foremost. I used to exist in a bottomless pit of despair. Yet these days I’m the best I’ve ever been and I’m an entirely new person. My secret? I realized no one person or thing could save me. I had to do it myself, so I buckled down and focused on self improvement. Two years later and I went from being a sad nobody to a senior editor and social media manager at a global news organization, and life is great. Gone is a victim mentality, hatred of my own self, and a lingering sadness. And I didn’t need to chop some sausage to get there.

As Hospitals Prepare for COVID-19, Life-Saving Trans Surgeries Are Delayed
Though medical facilities may soon become overtaxed for everyone, the coronavirus pandemic has shed light on how transgender people's care can be treated as "non-essential."
vice.com

463 10:30 PM - Mar 19, 2020

If the media really wanted to save the lives of trans people, they’d tell them to stop with the pity party and to stop being offended over everything. They need to take charge of their lives, not find yet even more excuses for why they are miserable.

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