Liberals lash out at WaPo over 'infuriating' opinion piece by man who regretted transitioning at 19 years old

Transgender activists and their allies lashed out at the Washington Post on Monday after they published an opinion piece by a transgender woman who said her transition was harmful and unnecessary.

The piece was entitled "What I wish I'd known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery" by Corinna Cohn who was born a male but transitioned at 19 years old.

“From the day of my surgery, I became a medical patient and will remain one for the rest of my life," wrote Cohn.

"I shudder to think of how distorting today's social media is for confused teenagers. I'm also alarmed by how readily authority figures facilitate transition. I had to persuade two therapists, an endocrinologist and a surgeon to give me what I wanted," Cohn continued. "None of them were under crushing professional pressure, as they now would be, to 'affirm' my choice."

Many transgender supporters objected to the article being published and they excoriated the Washington Post on social media. Many objected to the piece on the basis that Cohn had been a vocal critic of the extremism from the transgender lobby.