Jul 10
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Chaz Bono, Formerly Chastity, Requests Gender Change
Why am I writing about this? While it doesn’t have anything to do with breasts themselves per se, it got me thinking about the struggles that men who want to feminize themselves and become women, legally and biologically, go through. Many transgendered men who want to grow female breasts and feminize themselves through surgery face financial bills that would make anyone cringe, because this is not something that is usually covered by insurance. Should it be or not?
This seems like a big identity crisis, and that can definitely impeded one’s quest for a fulfilled, healthy and happy life, but does it qualify as an actual medical necessity? Some people think yes, some think no. But men have some viable options at least for male breast enhancement these days that isn’t too cost prohibitive.
It’s a lot better than trying to get breast implants, which are typically hard to do on men because they just genetically do not have a lot of breast tissue to work with and are structured differently in the whole chest area, which can make breast augmentation a little trickier on biological males.
Chastity Bono, now Chaz, has the luxury of probably having the money to get her sex change operation and petition the court to be changed in gender and name to a man’s identity, which is what she has felt like her whole life, and that is her right, but what about those that aren’t as lucky in the financial department?
