But Sennett didn't feel quite right as a lesbian, or as a woman, period. Still, Sennett rejected the typical transsexual transformation process, if such a thing exists, and shunned the idea of completely realigning his gender. Surgery is very expensive. And it's a very intrusive procedure. I don't need to have a penis to feel like a guy.
Some transsexuals do, though.
There are other transsexuals who feel, absolutely, they have to have it, and I feel, as an activist, it's my role to support them. And that support centers on removing the barriers to surgery. In short, a physician must declare that you have a mental disorder, the prescription for which is a sex change operation that would realign your body to match your mind's gender identification. There are transsexuals who say, 'I don't have a gender dysphoria. Society has a dysphoria with me.