"Doctor" Injected Woman's Butt with Fix-A-Flat

I hope she kills herself.

What does the doctor's transgenderedness have to do with anything? Did their gender contribute to the crime? If it were just a plain old cis male or cis female doctor, would it be mentioned at all? I mean really, can you see it? — "A "doctor" whose sex, gender, and identity all match up to society's understanding of maleness was arrested..."

Yeah, me either.

I get they the source article had plenty of that sensationalist "ZOMG TRANS PERSON EW" tone to begin with, but I'm disappointed to see Neatorama following suit. Gender identity =/= motive.

Sarah O., I was about to say the same thing. The fact that this doctor was trans had nothing to do with the fact that this doctor was a criminal quack.

Not surprising. I have seen videos of people injecting themselves in the face, breast, and rear with syringes of RTV silicon. Yes the stuff usually found around your bathtub.

These things happen.

I suppose it would have been more relevant if the doctor were a hipster.

lol. the google ad on the top of the page says "Tires Reaching Their End?"

well, it does look like she does have tire around her bum

Just read the story at the link. Alex, your description was a little confusing. Yous said "that's her picture", without really noting that it's the transgendered "doctor" in the picture and not the victim.

The transgendered part is completely relevant nsidering the photos and the fact that this person is posing as something that he's not: some type of professional.

I agree that his transgenderedness wouldn't be relevant if he were performing mercy killings or back-alley abortions. But this is someone who has done the same sort of thing to himself that he's doing to other people. It's someone who is so at ease with making modifications to one's body that he thinks he can do it to other people without any training or regard for their safety.

I guess it would be like hiring an ex-con to do your tattoo because he did a real nice one on himself with a ball-point pen.

The transgendered thing matters because of the issues facing trams individuals who seek body modification from places other then a doctor. It can be difficult for a trans person to find a doctor who is willing to treat them to begin with and insurance may not cover some or all of their operations. Some of these people may have body dismorphic disorder and go to any length to achieve what they feel they need to change.

Just jumping in to repeat some of the other comments - the fact that she's transgendered is irrelevant and the inclusion of this in their description appears to label transgendered people as criminals.

That horribly misshapen person was the _doctor_??

"Uh, make my ass look just as disproportioned as yours! Kthxbye!"

This is not a true story.

Ted, the quack's proclivity towards ridiculously unethical treatments (both on herself and others) still has zero to do with her gender identity. Yes, dysphoria probably led her to modifying her body, but correlation does not imply causation.

Simply being transgendered can't make someone inject their ass with Fix-a-Flat. Simply modifying one's body doesn't make one go out and offer body modifications to others for money. Being stupid, greedy, and overconfident, on the other hand, can do both of those things — and stupidity knows no gender.

It's like you said — "it's someone who is so at ease with making modifications to one's body that [s]he thinks he can do it to other people without any training or regard for their safety." I totally agree. And that has nothing to do with her transness.

to Sarah O., thelibrarianne, and most of the other posters:

as a trans person, i'd like to say "thank you"! being trans is completely irrelevant to what this person did to other people. it was all about greed and making a quick buck, with total disregard for the health, safety and well-being of any of her "clients".

while i certainly don't think Neatorama or the linked website intended to offend anyone (i personally wasn't offended, although i was highly annoyed), there wasn't any reason to point out that the offender is transgender. a criminal's gender identity rarely has anything to do with their crime, and rarely even requires mentioning. it just seems like a way to fill up space in the article with extra words (at the least), or a way to get extra page hits on a "juicy story" (at the worst, although i'd like to think Neatorama wouldn't stoop to that level.)

(and to Neatorama: it's "transgender", not "transgendered". "transgendered" isn't really a word and doesn't follow the preferred journalistic spelling or grammar suggested by the AP Style Book. just FYI.)

@Sarah O. the fact that the "doctor" is transgendered is relevant to the story. Simply because the biggest market for these "treatments" is among transgendered individuals.

@christine what do you have to back up your statement? Bear is mind that this sort of thing is surprisingly common and well documented.

@ted - you're right. Text is clarified to mean that's the "doctor's" photo.

@Cat MacKinnon - I've fixed it to say "transgender." I didn't know, but it makes sense.

Regarding the use of the word "transgender" in this article: I didn't use it for shock value or as a slight to the transgender community. As others have pointed out, there's not much relevance between being transgender and being a quack doctor.

I used the word "transgender" simply because the news source with the original story said that it was a man that was arrested, yet they showed the booking photo of what looks like a female.