Transsexy Time!

Mark Simpson, 'father' of the metrosexual and the retrosexual, on why we're all going transsexual — but without the balls to actually change sex. Out magazine, March 2008

How do you turn a penis into a vagina?

It's not as difficult from a medical point of view as you might think. Yes, it involves some rather delicate major surgery and the risk of all kinds of ghastly complications — and nobody undertakes such a project lightly. But — and I know this will come as a disappointment to many — male and female genitalia are, anatomically speaking, sufficiently alike to make the procedure relatively straightforward. Essentially, the penis is turned inside out, inverted, and placed inside a cavity tunnelled out of the lower abdomen.

Or as my good friend Michelle, a post-op MTF transsexual, joked with typical tact: "I'm now shagging myself 24/7 — and don't even need to buy myself dinner!"

The rest of this blog entry can be found on the web at http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2008/03/25/transexy-time/