When I was 12, I tried to transition my gender.
Everyone supported me.
Therapists told me I was doing the right thing.
Doctors put me on puberty blockers and then cross-sex hormones before cutting off my breasts — a double mastectomy.
My parents’ health insurance covered everything.
The medical establishment believed I should transition, based on the idea of “gender-affirming care.”
The message I got was loud and clear: Transitioning was the best decision I’d ever made.
At age 16, I realized I’d made a mistake.
Read more at the New York Post.
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