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I also want to note while we& #39;re on the topic of Dr. Curtis Crane that he is one of the few surgeons that promotes and performs in a professional context what& #39;s called "genital nullification". Once an extremely outsider kink body modification, it& #39;s now done by some GRS surgeons...
See this 2017 Vice article on male people (often who see themselves as men) who are seeking castration and/or penectomy, which features quotes by Dr. Crane: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kd3mb/why-some-men-choose-to-surgically-remove-their-penis">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art...
This blog post published by a kink website discusses how Crane assisted a man named "Mr. Gelding" to achieve penectomy. It makes Gelding sound stable & self-assured in his desires despite the fact he apparently performed underground castrations: https://kinktalk.home.blog/2019/06/10/nullos-and-smoothies/">https://kinktalk.home.blog/2019/06/1...
But this Miami independent newspaper article gives us a much clearer look at Mr. Gelding& #39;s life and motivations- a troubled, often closeted gay man who learned to eroticize the abuse he suffered. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/my-life-as-a-eunuch-6355515">https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/my-l...
Unlike the kink article, it notes Gelding& #39;s previous psychs noted the link between homophobia/abuse & his desire to maim/remove his genitals, & explicitly notes Gelding& #39;s refusal to contemplate any further why he wants to do this:
Surgeons who did this procedure (one of which is noted in the Miami article) at one point had to be found thru word-of-mouth. They usually did it as a form of harm reduction to prevent worse damage should someone attempt self-castration or other forms of genital self-injury...
Crane now proudly advertises it on his practice website under a form of "non-binary" surgery, despite the fact that it is mostly men, often with a non-transgender sexual motivation, & not non-binary identified people who seek genital nullification https://cranects.com/non-binary-surgery/">https://cranects.com/non-binar...
(The fact that these are called "non binary surgeries" is also bonkers, as non-binary is an identity, not a physical arrangement, & some the surgeries listed are merely less-damaging or less-radical options available for traditionally identifying transgender people...
I honestly believe Dr. Crane is advertising these genital surgeries as "non binary" as a more acceptable way of saying "androgyne" or "hermaphrodite" to a population of sexually atypical, mostly male people, who are seeking them for sexualized/sexual trauma reasons.)
