[Avodah] Transgendering and Halachah

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:09:19PM -0400, T613K at aol.com wrote:
: It isn't a matter of "agreeing" or "disagreeing."    I am not  giving a 
: halachic opinion with which he may agree or disagree.   He  gave a psak based 
: on "facts" that turned out not to be factual.  It turns  out that transgender 
: mutilation surgery does not in fact prevent suicide.   The risk of suicide 
: in fact rises slightly after surgery.

But without supporting studies showing that the metzi'us a rav would be
ruling on doesn't match that of his pesaq, it's franlky just his assessment
of the facts vs yours. REWaldenberg was the rav of Shaarei Tzedeq Medical
Center. Both his fame as a poseiq and his access to medical knowledge make
me far more inclined to believe his version.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha