WTF

Why do people who interview transwomen, sometimes even knowing they have had "the surgery", meaning sex reassignment surgery, apologize that people always ask about the surgery knowing it's personal, but then ask the damn question anyway?

It escapes me they talk about how it's personal and not really something to talk about let alone ask if the person has had the surgery, but then they ask it anyway like it's the story, and often the highlight of the story, forgetting the whole person.

It's really a WTF moment to hear it, and more so when the transwomen actually answers it, like it's supposed to change anything. Really, why do they answer it or just say, "It's personal and private and not open for public discussion."?

No one asks men or women about any genital surgery they've had, so why ask a transwoman? It's insulting and an invasion of their life and privacy, and should be left out of any interview. Once a woman transitions, it's all behind her, so why ask about it as if it's current?

It's not. It's not who they are. It's not how they're defined. It's not what makes them a person or human being. It's just what they had to complete their transition to be a woman. That's all. Accept it and accept it's not worth the questions.

I'd like to have one of them reply to the interviewer, "So, what you're genitalia like?" Ok, dumb rant done after watching an interview, but at least they did focus on the woman's work after the stupid question about the surgery.