Number of Teens Undergoing Sex Change Surgeries Surged in Recent Years
A new study revealed that the number of teens aged 12 to 18 who underwent “gender-affirming” sex change surgeries surged from 2016 to 2019.
The study, “National Estimates of Gender-Affirming Surgery in the U.S.,” published in the JAMA Network medical journal, found that 3,678 minors ages 12 to 18 years old underwent sex change procedures, which the study refers to as “gender-affirming surgeries” or “GAS.” Minors primarily underwent “top surgeries” such as breast removal and chest reconstructive procedures. The study notes, “genital surgical procedures were greater in older patients.”
Researchers recorded 48,019 patients who underwent sex change procedures of any kind and found that minors aged 12 to 18 made up the highest percentage of individuals receiving top surgeries out of any age group studied. 405 patients aged 12 to 18 underwent genital surgery over the 3 years. The fact that these procedures, dubbed “bottom surgeries,” were being performed on minors was hidden from the public for several years, and many hospitals denied doing such “gender-affirming” procedures on children until very recently.
The study uses its findings to conclude that medical professionals should prepare to treat a growing number of transgender patients, rather than question why the numbers are increasing so rapidly. Researchers also claim that “gender-affirming” surgeries are “associated with improved quality of life, high rates of satisfaction, and a reduction in gender dysphoria” and claim that “the procedures appear to be associated with acceptable morbidity and reasonable rates of perioperative complications.“
These unsubstantiated claims have caused irreparable harm to minors and adults who have suffered severe and even life-threatening consequences from undergoing experimental sex change procedures.
“Medical professionals . . . try to sway public opinion by siting studies . . . [claiming] “top surgeries” (double-mastectomies) generally improve feelings of gender dysphoria. The problem is, the study only tracks post-operation emotions for three months, an incredibly short amount of time after undergoing a life changing procedure.”
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The study also found a “disproportionate number of patients in the West (22 037 [45.9%]) and Northeast (12 396 [25.8%]),” which tend to be more liberal regions of the country, as opposed to southern and middle America.
Researchers also noted that the number of “health system encounters for gender identity disorder” increased exponentially over just 4 years, rising from 13,855 in 2016 to 38,470 in 2020. Patients ages 19-30 account for the highest rate of “gender-affirming” procedures over the studied period out of any age group.
The uptick in transgender-surgical treatments can be largely attributed to the social contagion aspect promulgated by social media trends, as well as the profit hospitals and clinics stand to gain by performing these procedures.
Last year, Vanderbilt Medical Center deleted entire sections of its website after videos of hospital staff calling “gender-affirming” surgeries “big money makers” went viral. “A patient just on routine hormone treatment who I’m only seeing a few times a year can bring in several thousand dollars,” Dr. Shayne Taylor said. “$20,000 for a vaginoplasty,” she continued, “This has to be a gross underestimate . . . $20,000 for a phalloplasty, there’s been different things that I have read that say it could be up to $100,000.”
Less than 20 years ago, gender dysphoria was widely regarded as a rare mental condition that was treated through behavioral therapy and psychiatric care. “Adolescent gender-affirming care, however, did not emerge until the late 20th century,” one study reports. It “has been built upon pioneering work from the Netherlands, first published in 1998.”
Unfortunately, once hospitals and pharmaceutical companies found it to be a particularly profitable business model — creating life-long patients who need ongoing follow-up care, they turned to the “gender-affirming” model of care.
