Walt Heyer explained that his efforts to live as a woman—although at times pleasurable—resulted in much pain and sadness.
He explained that he had enjoyed cross-dressing but the "delusional pursuit" escalated to surgery.
"I can see from my experience that transgenderism is fantasy motivated by strong feeling," Heyer said, adding that although Jackson may be regarded as a hero at present: "What will surface eight, 10 or even 30 years from now?"
"Promoting Avery's situation as a success story will hurt others who are struggling, because it advances the false idea that embracing transgenderism will solve the issues they face and heal the pain they feel," he said....
