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At 17, my daughter, who did not want to become a man after breast removal due to gender dysphoria, gave up her dream of becoming a teacher and chose the path of a manga assistant.

At 17, my daughter, who did not want to become a man after breast removal due to gender dysphoria, gave up her dream of becoming a teacher and chose the path of a manga assistant.

Masakatsu Matsunaga, a pediatric surgeon and author, recently compiled his journey with his daughter Hikaru (pseudonym, 23 years old), who suffers from gender dysphoria, into a book titled "23 Years Written Together as Father and Child Born with Gender Dysphoria" (Chuo Koron Shinsha).

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小児しょうに外科医げかいで作家さっかの松永正訓まつながただしさんがこのほど、性別違和せいべついわに苦くるしむ娘むすめの光ひかりさん(仮名かな・23歳さい)との歩あゆみを「性別違和せいべついわに生うまれて父ちちと子こで綴(つづっつづ)った23年ねん」(中央公論新社ちゅうおうこうろんしんしゃ)と題だいした本ほんにまとめました。

Masakatsu Matsunaga, a pediatric surgeon and author, recently compiled his journey with his daughter Hikaru (pseudonym, 23 years old), who suffers from gender dysphoria, into a book titled "23 Years Written Together as Father and Child Born with Gender Dysphoria" (Chuo Koron Shinsha).

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