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: ''"...Christie Elan-Cane, 36, appears somewhere further along the gender continuum than Zoltar, with a shaved head, flat chest and khaki shirt. Now based in London, he grew up convinced he occupied the wrong body, but also believed he wasn't a man. Standing naked before a mirror was a torturous reminder of Christie's problem, and he dieted continuously, hoping his hated breasts would disappear. At 26, Christie began looking for a surgeon who would perform a [[Top surgery#Mastectomy|double mastectomy]]. The first recoiled with horror, and even when Christie found the right surgeon, it took more than a year to raise the funds to pay for the operation. During that period, Christie began to wonder "if I was going against nature", and at his lowest moments he contemplated "getting a chisel and doing something about it myself". Finally, Christie went under the knife. "The anaesthetist asked whether I wanted to go through with it and I said `yes', because I knew if I didn't, I'd regret it for the rest of my life. The next thing I remember is waking up again. I could feel through the bandages that my chest was flat and it was the happiest moment of my life." The second stage of Christie's operation was a [[hysterectomy]]. "I now feel happy with my body and myself - I don't have the same confusion or distress."''<ref name="Wheelwright">{{Cite web |title=I'm just a sweet transgenderist |last=Wheelwright |first=Julie |work=The Independent |date=27 March 1995 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/im-just-a-sweet-transgenderist-1613010.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203090352/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/im-just-a-sweet-transgenderist-1613010.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | : ''"...Christie Elan-Cane, 36, appears somewhere further along the gender continuum than Zoltar, with a shaved head, flat chest and khaki shirt. Now based in London, he grew up convinced he occupied the wrong body, but also believed he wasn't a man. Standing naked before a mirror was a torturous reminder of Christie's problem, and he dieted continuously, hoping his hated breasts would disappear. At 26, Christie began looking for a surgeon who would perform a [[Top surgery#Mastectomy|double mastectomy]]. The first recoiled with horror, and even when Christie found the right surgeon, it took more than a year to raise the funds to pay for the operation. During that period, Christie began to wonder "if I was going against nature", and at his lowest moments he contemplated "getting a chisel and doing something about it myself". Finally, Christie went under the knife. "The anaesthetist asked whether I wanted to go through with it and I said `yes', because I knew if I didn't, I'd regret it for the rest of my life. The next thing I remember is waking up again. I could feel through the bandages that my chest was flat and it was the happiest moment of my life." The second stage of Christie's operation was a [[hysterectomy]]. "I now feel happy with my body and myself - I don't have the same confusion or distress."''<ref name="Wheelwright">{{Cite web |title=I'm just a sweet transgenderist |last=Wheelwright |first=Julie |work=The Independent |date=27 March 1995 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/im-just-a-sweet-transgenderist-1613010.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203090352/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/im-just-a-sweet-transgenderist-1613010.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
In 2000 Christie spoke at the Sixth International [[Gender dysphoria]] Conference in Manchester, England (GENDYS 2K), reading from per work entitled 'The Fallacy of the Myth of Gender' [http://www.gender.org.uk/conf/2000/elancane.htm]. Christie began documenting per activism via per livejournal account in 2008. Initial campaign issues focused on the then upcoming 2011 UK census, the introduction of a Parliamentary Bill to recognise non-gendered identity, and changing the requirement of patients to state either a male or female gender by the automated patient check-in facility at Christies local health care centre [http://elancane.livejournal.com/2008/07/24/]. Making further use of online networking opportunities to publicise per activism, Christie created a Youtube account in 2011 [http://www.youtube.com/user/Christie170]. | In 2000 Christie spoke at the Sixth International [[Gender dysphoria]] Conference in Manchester, England (GENDYS 2K), reading from per work entitled 'The Fallacy of the Myth of Gender' [https://web.archive.org/web/20210125225419/http://www.gender.org.uk//conf/2000/elancane.htm]. Christie began documenting per activism via per livejournal account in 2008. Initial campaign issues focused on the then upcoming 2011 UK census, the introduction of a Parliamentary Bill to recognise non-gendered identity, and changing the requirement of patients to state either a male or female gender by the automated patient check-in facility at Christies local health care centre [http://elancane.livejournal.com/2008/07/24/]. Making further use of online networking opportunities to publicise per activism, Christie created a Youtube account in 2011 [http://www.youtube.com/user/Christie170]. | ||
==Campaign Issues== | ==Campaign Issues== | ||
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*[http://elancane.livejournal.com/ Christie Elan-Cane on LiveJournal] | *[http://elancane.livejournal.com/ Christie Elan-Cane on LiveJournal] | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/Christie170 Christie Elan-Cane on YouTube] | *[http://www.youtube.com/user/Christie170 Christie Elan-Cane on YouTube] | ||
*[http://www.gender.org.uk/conf/2000/elancane.htm 'The Fallacy of the Myth of Gender' by Christie Elan-Cane] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20210125225419/http://www.gender.org.uk//conf/2000/elancane.htm 'The Fallacy of the Myth of Gender' by Christie Elan-Cane] | ||
*[http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/legal-protection-for-all-trans-and-intersex-in-the-uk.html Petition started by Christie Elan-Cane pertaining to "legal protection for all trans* and intersex in the UK"] | *[http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/legal-protection-for-all-trans-and-intersex-in-the-uk.html Petition started by Christie Elan-Cane pertaining to "legal protection for all trans* and intersex in the UK"] | ||
*[http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/in-support-of-‘x’-passports-in-the-united-kingdom.html Petition started by Christie Elan-Cane "in support of ‘X’ passports in the United Kingdom"] | *[http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/in-support-of-‘x’-passports-in-the-united-kingdom.html Petition started by Christie Elan-Cane "in support of ‘X’ passports in the United Kingdom"] | ||