Prisha Mosley suffered from a slew of mental illnesses as a young teen, including anorexia, borderline personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, suicide ideations, and depression.
At 15, Mosley discovered transgenderism online. “A lot of the things I heard really rang true with me. Like, ‘You are trans if… You hate your body, you don't feel comfortable with it, you want to be a different person,’” she said.
The transgender community “love bombed” her and celebrated the idea that she was “born in the wrong body.” The medical community recommended she pursue a medical transition, despite Mosley’s well-documented history of mental health issues.
So at 17, Mosley started testosterone injections to masculinize her body. Less than a year and a half later, Mosley pursued an elective double mastectomy, which left her flat-chested and with nipples, she said, that were cut off, reattached and “almost lost.”
Now 24, Mosley is back to living as a woman — as much as her body will allow. She’s struggling to come to terms with the physical damage these so-called experts encouraged her to pursue as a gender-confused, mentally ill teen.
"What was in it for the doctors? Did they genuinely think they were helping or was it just about money?"
By sharing her story, including her most intimate scars, Mosley hopes to save others from her mistakes, and pressure the medical community to re-evaluate its standards for “gender affirming care.”
Keley Bolar
Executive Producer
Identity Crisis
Independent Women’s Forum
