With few exceptions, a solution to any problem
will bring new difficulties. These may or may not be worse than the original
problem, and one must decide, not between problem and answer, but between
degrees of difficulty. Is the new situation really going to be better than
the last? This is undoubtedly the situation with the transsexual.
It is undeniable that in the majority of
cases the treated transsexual is an infinitely happier person than the one
who has not undergone therapy, but as a result of this treatment there
arises a host of new difficulties. Using personal experience, it is my
intention to illustrate the problems which beset the transsexual before,
during and after treatment.
It will then be possible to ascertain
whether or not, in spite of these difficulties, there is in fact a dilemma.
Is there indeed any choice?
Citation: J Med Ethics
1980 Jun;6(2):85-9 an article published on the Internet by PubMed
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/>
