Mother of sex change Belgian: 'I don't care about his euthanasia death'

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/10349159/Mother-of-sex-change-Belgian-I-dont-care-about-his-euthanasia-death.html

Mother of sex change Belgian: 'I don't care about his euthanasia death'

The mother of a Belgian who chose to die after a botched sex change operation has said "her death does not bother me" in a tragic case that has revived debate over euthanasia in Belgium.

Nathan Verhelst was euthaniused on the grounds of "unbearable psychological suffering"

By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels

10:28AM BST 02 Oct 2013

On Monday, Nathan, born Nancy, Verhelst, 44, was killed by lethal injection after requesting euthanasia on the grounds of "unbearable psychological suffering" because surgery to turn her into a man had resulted in "a monster".

Today, his unnamed mother confirmed Mr Verhelst's comments, made in an interview just before his death, that he had been an unwanted child and admitted she had not yet read his letter to her explaining why he asked to die.

"When I saw 'Nancy' for the first time, my dream was shattered. She was so ugly. I had a phantom birth. Her death does not bother me," she told Het Laatste Nieuws newspaper.

"I will definitely read it but it will be full of lies. For me, this chapter is closed. Her death does not bother me. I feel no sorrow, no doubt or remorse. We never had a bond."

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/10346616/Belgian-killed-by-euthanasia-after-a-botched-sex-change-operation.html

Belgian killed by euthanasia after a botched sex change operation

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"I was the girl that nobody wanted," Mr Verhelst told Het Laatste Nieuws newspaper in the hours before her death.

"While my brothers were celebrated, I got a storage room above the garage as a bedroom. 'If only you had been a boy', my mother complained. I was tolerated, nothing more."

Mr Verhelst had hormone therapy in 2009, followed by a mastectomy and surgery to construct a penis in 2012. But "none of these operations worked as desired".

"I was ready to celebrate my new birth," he told the newspaper. "But when I looked in the mirror, I was disgusted with myself. My new breasts did not match my expectations and my new penis had symptoms of rejection. I do not want to be... a monster. "

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This is so sad.
I'm in shock at the mother's comments.

[dkf]

2. Wow. I wonder if he even had a gender identity situation or if that was of the mother's making.

[enlightenment]

3. A combination, probably.

A horrible situation; abused and rejected and then victimized by botched surgeries. Very sad.

[get the red out]

4. The mother sounds hideous

She sounds like someone with Borderline Personality Disorder.

His life was very unhappy, I am so sorry anyone should have to go through all that.

[Stargazer09]

5. How incredibly sad

The mother is a horrible person. How can anyone say something like that about her own child?

[bananas]

6. Maybe she had a horrible upbringing herself.

I ask myself the same question - How can anyone say something like that about her own child?

Situations like this, the deeper you look, the more dysfunction you find, often going back generations.

[Stargazer09]

7. You could be right

Maybe her own parents treated her that way. It's sad that she couldn't see how wrong she was, though.

[Sanity Claws]

8. I hope this person finds peace at last

The mother is just awful. Everyone would have been better off if she had decided to place her daughter up for adoption.

[Myrina]

9. Crying ....

Gawd. Horrible. Just horrible. To carry that all of your life ... and even after surgery to still feel 'wrong' ... awful.

I hope Nathan is at peace now.

[Jefferson23]

10. What an ugly parent and this individual suffered too much for her to see any hope...horrible.

If you only had been a boy...yea, well maybe you should seek help, and find a soul.