Coronavirus puts tranny surgeries on back-burner. Lefties, media peeved. (Film at 11.)
“Life-saving trans surgeries.” That’s how one media outlet described procedures meant to make Jack look a little more like Jill. Apparently, hospitals are putting off transgender surgeries in favor of actual emergencies. Makes sense, eh?
And these lefty / media dunderheads want us to feel bad for THESE people while lives really are being threatened and ended by COVID-19:
For transgender and gender non-conforming people, gender-affirming surgeries are life-altering procedures, which, for many, can greatly reduce gender dysphoria and improve their quality of life. But in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, trans communities on Reddit and Twitter are being flooded with reports of postponed and canceled surgeries in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Thailand, and elsewhere, leading to enormous stress and disappointment on top of a global health crisis.
This underscores a common experience amongst trans people seeking medical care or surgery: Research has suggested that gender-affirming surgery, in particular, has a notable and long-term impact on mental health, but far too often, trans people already wait far longer than is safe or healthyfor this care. Further delays can be dangerous and even life-threatening.
Violet Jones, a 29-year-old trans woman and assistant professor in New York, has a procedure scheduled for May that hasn’t been cancelled yet, but she feels it’s imminent. NYC is a national leader in transgender care, but Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued an executive order delaying all non-emergency surgery for the next few weeks.
Jones said she’s doing everything possible to prevent illness, which would force postponing her procedure. “A change to the date would pretty radically alter my plans and overall security around the procedure. The surgery was scheduled to allow recovery during [my school’s] summer months without a gap in pay.” She said that rescheduling may result in lost pay, as her recovery from surgery would conflict with the school year.
These cancellations and postponements are taking place as medical systems across the U.S. are facing a shortage of supplies and beds. Hospitals are discharging patients faster than usual, and systems have quickly moved to postpone any non-urgent procedures to free up space. In the U.K., the National Health Service has moved to postpone all non-urgent surgery for at least three months. For trans people, this includes planned gender-affirming procedures. Patients whose procedures are just weeks away are still waiting to find out if they’ll happen as planned.[…]
I have a friend who had open heart surgery in the fall. Unfortunately her bones are separating in her chest and her surgery scheduled for last week has been rescheduled for April, but that may be rescheduled too. Certainly life threatening surgeries should be ahead of elective surgery.
I’m still trying to figure out how postponing and elective transgender surgery could be more life-threatening than contracting the coronavirus while hospitalized for said elective surgery. Then there’s the issue of taking needed hospital beds from critically-ill people. These selfish people have more problems than gender confusion!