Sex Change-It's Suicide
Author | : Walt Heyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2013-06-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 1490529217 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781490529219 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Download or read book Sex Change-It's Suicide written by Walt Heyer and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What other treatment focuses on surgery while 30% of the patients commit suicide?Dr. Charles Ihlenfeld, a colleague of Dr. Harry Benjamin, reported in 1979 that 80% of those seeking a sex change should not have one and frequently too many of them committed suicide. Not much has changed since then.Consider the evidence: most who have had sex change surgery consider suicide, 41% make an attempt and about a third are in so much pain that, unable to see any other option, take their life.This book explores the issues behind transgender suicide.