Some people are just fucking crazy. From ANANOVA:

Builder does DIY castration

Building boss Howard Shelley carried out the ultimate DIY conversion by castrating himself.

The 42-year-old dad of two decided on the drastic move after being told he would have to wait at least two years for a sex change on the NHS, reports The Sun.

He found a website which gave a step-by-step guide to the eye-watering home surgery, then waited till wife Janet went out before setting to work with a kitchen knife in the loo.

With the job done, he wrapped his severed appendages in a cloth and dropped them in the bin.

Then he drove five miles to his local GP, explained what he'd done, and was packed off for treatment at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, near Aylesbury.

Amazingly, three days later he was back at his desk.

Howard, who wants to be known as Holli, said: "It was very painful, but the moment I cut them off I felt all woman.

"I'm the sort of guy who, when I make up my mind to do something, wants it done there and then. I didn't want to be a man any more so I decided to do it myself.

"The worst bit was steeling myself for the first cut. The whole thing took six minutes. It was agony, but I knew I couldn't stop."

He is saving up £5,000 for a full sex-change operation in Thailand. He said: "I want breasts and hips - then I can be a real woman."

Janet, 42, who has an MBE for setting up their firm, said: "We still love each other. I'm just angry he had to take such extreme action."

Sadly they are far behind in the UK with treating transsexuals. The UK had to be sued by the European Union to finally have them recognize transsexuality as a legitimate medical condition. Only in 2004 in the "Gender Recognition Act" they introduced legislation to allow for name change, treatment, surgery etc...that's almost a century after the first "sex changes" recorded in "modern western history".

Dr Green is an evil old man who like an old-fashioned dictator presides over all health policies regarding transsexuals in the UK. It's all about power for him and care is lousy.

Acts like this one speak of desperation in face of an indifferent/hostile establishment in the UK.

He said he had to wait at least 2 years to be approved for gender reassignment. Isn't the same in the US and during that time you see a pshychiatrist and undergo hormone therapy?