Cenk Uygur
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What It's Like To Be Born With No Gender
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January 11, 2016
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January 11, 2016
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9:35Now PlayingA person who does not identify with any particular gender is now crowdfunding breast reduction surgery, John Iadarola and Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks break down the amazing story of Lola Phoenix. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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"This is a necessary medical procedure. This is not cosmetic. ...I don't want this, I need this."
This is how Lola Phoenix describes the breast reduction surgery being crowdfunded on YouCaring after the U.K.’s National Health Service rejected a request for the operation. Lola, whose preferred pronouns are "they" and "them," spoke to the Daily Dot about why raising the £6,400 (approximately $9,400) required for the procedure is so important to them.
Lola is a 28-year-old American who has lived in the U.K. for five years. They identify as agender, meaning they do not feel as if they are male or female, or any other form of gender. Simply put, Lola wrote in an email to the Daily Dot, "In the same way asexual people don't experience sexual attraction, I don't experience having a gender."
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