Girl Suffering Gender Dysphoria Attempts to Remove Breasts After Watching YouTube

Rachael Wong, CEO of Women’s Forum Australia, said the story was being used to promote greater access to gender-reassignment surgery in New Zealand.

Photo illustration dated January 2020 of a teenage girl showing signs of mental health issues. PA

A New Zealand teenage girl suffering from gender dysphoria has attempted to conduct a self-mastectomy after watching a tutorial video on YouTube.

The incident was reported in an article published on May 17 in the New Zealand Medical Journal, used as a case study in a bid to push for better access to publicly funded gender transition surgery.