I ask Henry what he makes of this narrative. ‘Oh I’ve had that so much online. It’s so frustrating,’ he responds. ‘If you talk to a teenage girl that had anorexia or body dysmorphia and then hear a trans man talk about their experience you realize they are so different.’ The crucial difference being, of course, that anorexia can cause you to starve yourself, in some cases to death, whereas medically transitioning does not kill you, it alleviates psychological pain.
