I couldn't find any scientific research showing longterm effects of changing sex with surgery and hormones, as compared to being gender dysphoric and not changing.
Transgender activism tells us that gender dysphoric people have a high rate of suicide, and therefore they must not be prevented from transitioning. But they don't tell us what the rate of suicide is for gender dysphorics who do transition.
I also have not seen research on the longterm effects of taking opposite sex hormones.
And what about the sex lives of transgenders? Can surgically created genitals be experienced as similar to real ones? It doesn't seem possible. Have any scientists bothered to study this?
See the questions in bold? Bet you could get some simple answers by googling. Type them in, go on.
Do you know what makes people commit suicide? Sometimes its mental illness, drug dependency, loss. What makes a midwestern farmer commit suicide? Trump's China tariffs ruining his business and
destroying his dreams.
You see transgender people have a dream. They know their 'surgically created genitals' will only be a facsimile of the body they wish they had but for them, it is a step in the right direction. Those who cannot achieve their dream, prevented by society, finances, peer pressure, lack of opportunity or resources do become depressed. Depression kills.
If you have ever known someone who was depressed because they could not achieve their goal, get the career they wanted, have the children they wanted, love the person they wanted to be with, live in the place they wanted to live, thrive and achieve and support their families, then it is the same for those who cannot be the gender they want. Because all of the above also have been prevented from being the person they want to be; what they see as their best selves.
The people I've met, known, heard about who've attempted or contemplated suicide?
Death of a loved one
Loss of a relationship
Miscarriage or failed pregnancies
Handicap or injury stopped them achieving a career or sporting dream
Laid off, business collapsed or career failed
Substance abuse
Sexual assault
Loneliness, socially awkward, unable to find or feel loved
All these people suffered a loss, setback, and inability to pursue their dream. That leaves a person feeling incomplete. Now success does not solve everyone's problems but failure is a problem in itself. A big one for those who struggle to come back or suffer a string of failures trying to overcome the last one. Some people, the world just keeps kicking down.
And are all these [easily googled] questions just a gateway to saying they shouldn't bother getting a sex change because it's not natural and it's imperfect? Might as well tell an infertile woman she cannot adopt because 'God made her that way' and she has to suck it up.