Apparently the first sex change was paid for by the public, too. Now he expects taxpayers to change him back:
A transsexual encouraged to have a £10,000 sex change by Katie Price is calling for the NHS to cough up £14,000 – so she can become a man again.
Chelsea Attonley, 30, who was born a boy called Matthew want taxpayers to foot the bill moaning that being a woman is too “exhausting.”
After struggled with her identity while growing up and he became a drag queen called Miss Malibu.
He became depressed when a doctor rejected his initial bid for a sex change.
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But now, seven years after his momentous decision to become a woman, Chelsea wants to go back to being a man – with the taxpayer footing the bill.
Chelsea, who lives on welfare benefits, told Closer magazine she finds dressing and acting as a girl “exhausting” and feels she has never been accepted as a real woman.
She wants a breast reduction on the NHS and painful gender reassignment surgery to give her back a penis at a total cost of £14,000.
The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) says the NHS should not pay out again.
TPA research director Alex Wild said: “The NHS must prioritise crucial frontline services over ridiculous vanity operations.
“This whole saga has simply cost far too much. If the Health Service is to be properly funded, this sort of waste must be cut out.”
Chelsea, originally from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, but now living in London, said: “I have always longed to be a woman, but no amount of surgery can give me an actual female body and I feel like I am living a lie.
“It is exhausting putting on make-up and wearing heels all the time. Even then I don't feel I look like a proper woman.
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She added: “If people criticise me for wanting treatment on the NHS, it does not bother me. I know I need these changes to make me happy and no one should deny me that.”
While I appreciate that he's accepting himself as the way he was made, it's a bit offensive that he summarizes his view of femininity and the female sex to nothing more than “heels and makeup.” Women are more than the way they speak, the makeup and clothing they wear. Women aren't carictures that can be easily copied by swiping on some lipstick. Furthermore, if he wants these changes so he can be happy, he could try obtaining employment and getting off benefits to finance it himself. The public would likely be happier that way, and no one should deny them that.
