... there is one good reason to discuss [gender-affirming] surgical procedures: for some, they are absolutely necessary and lifesaving. If these procedures are never discussed -- if no one shares their importance -- it makes it easier for governments and insurance companies to deem them cosmetic and unnecessary. Some of them already are. As I've said before, trans people who need surgery but face long wait times or are unable to get it at all have an increased risk of suicide. We need to keep these surgeries funded and make them more accessible.
-- Amanda Jetté Knox, Love Lives Here, p. 249
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