The reasons I never 'transitioned' or 'want' to transition are perfectly demonstrated in Chris, and that is quite simply... fail. Trust me, I've been all around the places like facebook and IRL and I rarely see anything that's 'successful' - the ones that supposedly are, are the ones who are celebrities and have money to take it to the 'next level' or turn themselves into some kind of pseudo sex symbol. He doesn't look like a girl or a woman, and he never ever will. Sure, hormones can begin by starting breast growth, and they can 'redeposit' body fat, but nothing can alter bone structure. He'll never have 'hips', his hands, face and feet will not change dramatically enough, as well as other features, typically the 'eyes' are a give away. Facial hair takes an incredibly long time to eradicate, and requires some serious dedication to get good results. Shaving and exfoliating everyday - can anyone see Chris doing these things? The same goes for arm, chest and leg hair.
Also, very important to note is Chris's age. I'm about the same age as Chris, and believe me, if I could go back to being 10 again, I'd run and tell my parents how I feel about myself then and there. Before puberty, they can as stop testosterone dead in it's tracks from doing it's evil deeds and pretty much swap you over to estrogen, you're body then develops as any other 'normal' persons would. By 30 plus however, testosterone has effectively done it's 'damage', it's been in your system too long for you're body to ever completely embrace estrogen, physically that is. Your body has done what it was born to do, the rest is all just 'playing with chemicals'.
Besides - REAL body dysmorphia is actually traumatic and very damaging (mentally) and I'm sorry, I simply don't feel any of this is true for Chris. Considering the wealth of material we have available from his life, what evidence do we really have to prove any of this? Chris is unable to keep a secret, do we really believe that this has been something he's hidden away from us that he's genuine about? Genuine? Chris? He's messed up, badly (giving birth videos anyone?) but I honestly think if he'd have found his boyfriend free girl years ago (and one willing to have sex with him) we wouldn't be here.
It IS however true (at least in the UK) that on occasion a diagnosis for body dysmorphia does NOT happen when the patient persistently states otherwise (this is likely political, due to the 'cost' on the NHS of 'funding' a transition). At which point some patients DO go to their doctor and request regular blood tests as they source their own hormone treatment. A doctor can not stop a patient from doing whatever they want, they can merely advise. In some cases, a patient may feel so strongly their go and do it themselves without professional treatment.
Again though, this still has to be closely monitored. You don't got from one hormone to the other, that's actually very dangerous. Through the professional route, I believe they first being by giving small doses of testosterone blockers, with blood tests to see how your body is coping as liver damage is always of concern. This allows allows the patients to gauge how they feel. There are occasions some patients decide they are happy with a certain level of testosterone blockers rather than a full transition. Otherwise, then onto estrogen.
Either way, for me, it feels as though Chris is using this 'so-called' transition as nothing more than an easy way to get close to girls and possibly china. Horrible to say really, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me if there's truth in it.
