Perhaps only tangentially related to Nyk, but something I feel worth bringing to this topic's discussion is
the scientific reality of SRS neovaginas.
Since Nyk is (or at least was) a scientifically-minded person, perhaps he could find some use in this study published in the BMC journal of microbiology in helping to dissuade him from pursuing sexual reassignment surgery, despite his earlier ignorant claims that it's "just like the real thing".
Skip reading this message if body-related stuff makes you queasy.
To essentially summarize the report findings, they studied the microflora present in several dozen transwomen's neovaginas and found that it was consistent with the sort of bacteria you would typically find festering in necrotic wounds as well as in the digestive tract. What
*wasn't* present was the microflora present in healthy, real ("natal") women's vaginas. Real vaginas (at least when they're in a healthy state) have primarily just lactobacilli present, and the natural physiological processes of this particular bacteria produces some amount of hydrogen peroxide that consequently keeps the organ free from other forms of harmful bacteria as well as at a stable, healthy pH level -- the organ is essentially "self-cleaning". When you instead have stuff like
e. faecalis present (which btw, is named for the fecal matter it's normally found present in), you end up with a disgusting smelling ("malodorous", to use the technical medical term) situation that is to be expected when an unnatural body cavity has been made and isn't allowed to heal.
Vaginas *aren't* "just a hole", they're actually a collapsed space surrounded by muscle that, besides also being connected to a bunch of other reproductive organs than transwomen lack, have an extremely physiologically-important microflora balance that can't be replicated by surgery. It's just ignorant to make the claim that SRS comes anywhere near close to replicating the real deal. And this is before getting into the whole aspects of SRS causing nerve damage, a lack of sensation (or constant pain), not to mention a common side effect of SRS is never being able to orgasm again.