SRS - must you mutilate your self to become a "real" woman?

[Bionca]

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

alright, then i rephrase it to being "altered" - or please give me the term you find appropriate?

I'll have to second Jen's comment above - "mutilated" is probably the worst word to use for SRS, and is quite often used by anti-trans folks to discount the lives of trans*women. "Altered is probably only marginally better, since some feminists have decided to call natal women "FAAB" (Female Assigned At Birth) and trans* women as "SCAMs" (Surgically and Chemically Altered Males).

Although I support your sentiments 100% as far as legal recognition goes. I was born in a place that won't change my birth certificate no matter what I do - this means that any time I get a job, travel out of the country, etc I get to tell random strangers I'm trans*.