Gender reassignment surgery does not help in our gender-divided society

Sheila Jeffreys argued against gender reassignment surgery:

Gender identity clinics can only diagnose the condition [of desiring a sex change] using the understandings of gender that exist at this time and place in history. Feminists like myself envisage a time beyond gender when there is no correct way to behave according to body shape. In such a world, it would not be possible to conceive of a gender identity clinic.

Gay liberationists like myself have a similar view. We want a world without rigid definitions of what it is to be male or female. Such a world would not cause men to deny their true sexuality by entering bogus marriages or taking up careers they are unsuited for. There would be freedom to explore all kinds of desires and not just those deemed as “correct” male behaviour. And such a world would certainly not cause people to be upset with the sexual category they were born into – to the point of considering suicide.

Editor's note: these are David's personal views and do not necessarily represent the views of any other person or organisation.