A 23-year-old man is publicly de-transitioning and condemning transgender procedures after receiving hormone replacement therapy and a sex-change surgery. The man said that the surgery destroyed his life and that he hopes those types of procedures will one day be banned.

Daniel Black said that he was given hormonal treatments at 17 years old after just a 30-minute consultation during which he also planned to surgically remove his penis, according to the Daily Mail. …

“My life changed in 2019 when my doctors told me that the best way to go is to get my genitals operated,” Black wrote on Twitter. “They created a ‘neovagina’ and removed my testicles. The whole experience was horrible and exhausting. I was not able to finish school and my mental state went from bad to worse. I don’t recommend undergoing this surgery to anyone. It’s mutilation. Men will never be women. Women will never be men,” he added.

[Adam and I discuss this topic in today’s episode of The Amiable Skeptics. We both believe that the new study from Denmark, peer reviewed and published by the AMA, will eventually cause insurers to refuse to underwrite practices that engage in these operations and therapies — but not before having to pay out a lot of money in lawsuits brought by detransitioners. — Ed]