Transsexual with double mastectomy cries out against transition surgeries: "When is the madness going to stop?"
Sinead Watson warned about the consequences of gender operations in an open letter, following Costa Coffee's controversial advertising.
When is the madness going to stop? I'm talking about the latest attempt to pretend it's normal for young women like me to have our healthy breasts surgically removed," wrote trans woman Sinead Watson (31) in a letter picked up by the Daily Mail.
Watson - who now defendeds her female identity - said it was not normal, "it never has been and it never should be — however hard transgender lobbyists fight." Following these claims, she took aim at Costa Coffee for its advertising that shows "androgynous-looking character" with "two mastectomy scars promotes transgender surgery more keenly than it does the brand itself."
"There is absolutely nothing glamorous about having your breasts removed," Watson said, "I should know. I only have to look in the mirror to see what a transitioned chest looks like."
Watson underwent a bi-lateral double mastectomy at 26, after two years on testosterone. Shortly after the medical intervention, she began to suffer from episodes of depression, dropped out of college and attempted suicide, but:
Now Watson warns its time to "be honest about what a body really looks like after transition" - and information such as losing the ability to breastfeed - and address the reasons why girls choose to undergo such operations, among which she lists the immediate endorsement by physicians, the information "bombarded" on the Internet and the recognition that "puberty is difficult."