Recently, the New Hampshire Senate voted to pass HB619 to ban genital gender reassignment surgeries for kids. The bill will soon be on Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk. This is a common-sense bill that was supported by virtually all Republicans in the NH House, two independents, and 11 Democrat state representatives including progressive Democrat Jonah Wheeler of Keene.
Rep. Wheeler spoke passionately on the House floor for the bill:
The question before us is whether or not children under the age of 18 should be able to get these surgeries. And despite being a liberal who believes in [trans] rights, I don’t think that is the case. These are irreversible surgeries. This is not a question of whether you’re with the trans community. It’s a question of whether or not you believe children should be able to get these irreversible surgeries.
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HB619 also bans referrals for genital gender reassignment surgeries for kids and we know that such referrals are happening in New Hampshire. I documented the case of New Hampshire resident Emily Tressa who was castrated and had a vaginoplasty at 17.
Trans-identifying children are promised a lovely future but detransitioners tell us that they are left with pain and disability and they become the object of sexual fetishism. Emily, who tried and failed to launch careers in modeling and singing, has fallen back on performing on OnlyFans.
Here is the tragic story of Sam, a detransitioner in Massachusetts:
I started identifying as transgender as a teenager, which would eventually lead me down the path of cross-sex hormones and irreversible surgeries. By the time I was 21 years old, I had completed my medical transition which included having my penis and testicles amputated, a decision that I now deeply regret.
Getting a neovagina removed is proving to be a difficult task. Most surgeons do not want to do it and it’s unclear if it would even be covered by insurance. Doing it out of pocket is an incredibly expensive endeavor ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.
It has been almost half a decade since my surgery, and I have still not recovered. The toll that the surgery took on my health was immense despite only being 21 years old at the time. Complications, maintenance, and risk of sepsis make removal necessary. How is this healthcare?
This is coming from someone with minimal complications during and following surgery. Imagine the people that had big complications. No wonder why the suicide rate among post-operative trans-identified males is higher than before surgery.
Contact Gov. Sununu and ask him to sign HB619 into law. Sununu’s number is (603) 271-2121.
Talking points for your call to Sununu:
- This is a bipartisan bill. A large group of Democrats voted for it and Rep. Jonah Wheeler spoke passionately in favor of the bill from the House floor.
- 25 states have passed laws to protect children from medical transition.
- We know that New Hampshire kids are being referred for genital gender reassignment surgery.
- These surgeries are dangerous and irreversible and result in pain and disability.
- There is no reason why these kids can’t wait until 18 for these surgeries.
- No medical professionals testified at the bill hearings that this surgery is medically necessary.
