Liv Hewson, who had a mastectomy and “has never been happier,” confesses her experience and true feelings

Last Updated on 06/29/2023 by てんしょく飯

Liv Hewson of the drama “Yellow Jackets” talks about her experience with a mastectomy in Teen Vogue. When asked about her concerns about gender reassignment surgery, she confessed her true feelings, saying, “You’re worrying me at the wrong time.

Liv Hewson touches on her disgusted reaction to gender reassignment surgery.

Liv Hewson is a 27-year-old Australian actor who got her breakthrough role as Van in the drama “Yellow Jackets,” for which she received seven Emmy nominations. She was a semi-regular in season 1, but was promoted to the main cast in season 2, perhaps due to her popularity for the role. Liv, who is non-binary and uses the gendered pronoun “they/them” in English, was able to submit her name for consideration for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Season 2, when she was a main cast member, but was denied the award, which is divided into female and male categories. She made headlines this year when she declined to participate, stating that as a non-binary person, she “has no place” in the awards.

According to Variety, Liv, who will turn 28 in 2023, underwent a mastectomy, known as a “mastectomy and mastectomy” in Japan, before filming for season 2 of “Yellow Jackets” began in 2022. Liv spoke with Teen Vogue about her mastectomy.

Referring to the conversation about gender reassignment surgery in the U.S., she said, “It is not good to use the word ‘mutilation’ (*means violent mutilation) when talking about gender reassignment surgery. Do you feel that way about people who have had surgery for other things? That is an aversion reaction, and I don’t accept aversion as a valid argument,” said Liv, who criticized the idea as “not grounded in reality.”

In the U.S., conservative politicians have introduced and passed bill after bill to ban gender reassignment care, claiming that “underage children are being violently mutilated and having irreversible surgeries. Liv is right, however, that this is not a factual argument.

First, in the U.S., the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, the Endocrine Society, and many other medical organizations recognize gender-conforming care as a necessary medical practice and have established guidelines to ensure appropriate treatment. Under those guidelines, many experts and medical organizations, including an assistant professor of pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine, agree that it is very rare for a person under the age of 18 to undergo gender conformity surgery in the United States. Gender-conforming care provided before puberty is mainly therapy and social gender transition (*changing name, clothes, hairstyle, etc.), and after that, some people use puberty blockers (secondary sex characteristics blocking drugs) to stop the onset of puberty when gender differences appear, and some use hormone therapy. Politicians, however, argue as if these surgeries, which are in fact very rare, are a social problem, depriving minors of the therapy and other gender-conforming care they need.

Those who oppose gender conformity care “think that the thought of medical intervention makes them sick. It’s crazy that we decide on laws and society for those reasons,” said Liv, who added, “I’m not going to accept someone’s hatred of my body. This is my body. It is healthy, strong, beautiful, and there is nothing wrong with it,” she added.

After 10 years of considering a mastectomy, “I have never felt more stable in my heart.”

Liv said that after the idea of having the surgery, a mastectomy, occurred to her, she thought about it for 10 years before actually having the surgery. For five of those years, she said, the website of the clinic where she thought about having the surgery was still open on her laptop.

In the year since her surgery, Liv said that she has changed on a “fundamental” level, “The way I stand, the way I walk, the way I carry myself is different. My body feels different than it ever has before. I have never been happier. My mind has never been more stable. I have never felt more stable, present, and alive. It was the best decision I ever made for myself,” he continued.

He also commented on the idea that gender reassignment surgery is “scary” or “painful” in society: “It’s a misconception.

It’s a misconception. This has been painful for a long time. You are worrying at the wrong time. What I wanted you to worry about was the pain I was feeling before this (surgery). I am great now.”