New clip from 2018 Gender Spectrum conference, wherein Drs. Johanna Olson-Kennedy and Scott Moser discuss "top" and "bottom" surgeries for their minor patients.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf-vPZrVPG4 …
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4/ Mosser, on the other hand, says such post-operative depression after genital surgery only happens with his adult patients--not the adolescents, because they have more support; they are "doted on" [presumably by parents].pic.twitter.com/RVEoDisn2P
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5/ Olson-Kennedy picks up this thread and posits this extra support is why it might be better to do genital surgeries earlier.pic.twitter.com/y3BTemDnoX
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6/ Olson-Kennedy has been saying this for years: Do the surgeries while they're still in high school, with parents to oversee postoperative care. Actually, many US gender doctors appear to be in favor of high school SRS, including Stanford's Tandy Aye.https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1119986369890271236 …
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7/ Don't miss the segment where Dr. Mosser exhorts providers to "follow the dysphoria" when recommending or performing surgeries. His example: A natal male who was "thrilled" with vaginoplasty, but then...pic.twitter.com/FJDZfUaCBS
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8/ The MTF patient was on estrogen & became dysphoric about the "chest tissue" that resulted from the cross-hormone treatment, so then had a mastectomy. Mosser calls this "extremely insightful emotional intelligence" for electing a "FTM-analog" mastectomy after the vaginoplasty.pic.twitter.com/GSdk8x6qIr
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9/ "Not to make it any more complex than it is, but follow the dysphoria, follow the dysphoria, follow the dysphoria"....evidently, wherever it leads. The transgender surgeon's mantra?pic.twitter.com/3638bnHDs8
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