I’ve been transitioning for -four years- in the same manner that Chaz is pursuing, and that’s still considered “early on”, in the big picture. A transition is just that: a transition, gradual and drawn-out over a long span of time. You don’t go from Chastity Bono to Chuck Norris overnight.

And as for “the operation”: which one? Chest surgery? Okay, then bilateral-incision or peri-areolar? Bottom surgery? Okay, then simple clitoral release, metoidioplasty, or phalloplasty? And do you realise that lower surgery for guys like Chaz and myself can be up to ten surgeries to finish the process entirely, barring complications?

Hell, most guys like us opt not to have lower surgery at all, because right now, medical science has not progressed nearly so much for our surgeries as for transwomen’s surgeries in form nor function, as well as being well out of our reach in regards to cost.

So please, -please- enlighten onesself about gender identity disorder before using sensationalist terminology. Yes, even when reporting on someone who is in the public eye.