Trans indigenous Canadian slams doctors for denying euthanasia request

Trans indigenous Canadian slams doctors for denying her euthanasia request, saying death will free her from the agony of a surgically-built vagina

• Lois Cardinal says her failed euthanasia bid is a ‘human rights concern’ 
• She endures pain and anxiety from her neo-vagina and can’t afford a repair job 
• READ MORE: Study shows 81 percent of post-op trans people endure pain 

An indigenous transgender woman has slammed Canada’s healthcare system for rejecting her euthanasia request despite the pain she endures from a surgically-built vagina.

In social media posts, Lois Cardinal, a self-proclaimed ‘sterilized First Nations post-op transsexual’ said regret over her medical transition led her to apply for a lethal injection in February.

Cardinal, who lives on a native reserve near St. Paul, Alberta, posted her medical records from the request online this week to draw attention to radical gender ideology.

Her case underscores the perils of Canada’s ultra-liberal healthcare system — one of the world’s most permissive for both euthanasia and affirming an individual’s chosen gender.

‘We must have an honest conversation about the dark side of transitions,’ Cardinal, 35, says in one of her TikTok posts. 

In a series of social media posts, Lois Cardinal rails against the transgender ideology that led to her problematic surgery 

Cardinal, who goes by Duchess Lois on social media, posted her suicide-request documents online

‘My story, from a regretful transition to medical assistance in dying: I feel like I have contributed to the genocide of my people.’

Sporting long dark hair and big glasses, Cardinal adds: ‘Soon I will be another dead Indian. Until then, I am here to share my story.’

On Wednesday, Cardinal posted the papers of her formal request under Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) law.

In the documents, Cardinal’s doctor, who is not identified, cites her underlying problem as ‘pain/anxiety related to neo-vagina for gender affirmation.’

Cardinal underwent a vaginoplasty in about 2009, but developed complications and quickly regretted the procedure.

The difficult surgery involves inverting the penis into a neo-vagina.

Most recipients suffer pain and discomfort afterward, according to a recent study from the University of Florida.

Pain during intercourse and bladder problems are common. 

Neo-vaginas must also be dilated regularly to stop them from collapsing.  

In the papers, the doctor said he consulted another clinician and referred Cardinal to a specialist, but ultimately rejected her MAiD request.

‘Based on current clinical information and consultations [the patient] does not meet current MAiD criteria,’ the doctor wrote.

The unidentified doctor said Cardinal endured ‘pain/anxiety’ due to the neo-vagina that was built in her transgender surgery   

Cardinal was raising money for corrective treatment at a gender clinic in Montreal, the doctor added.

She could be ‘reassessed’ for MAiD in the future if there is a ‘change in clinical status.’

‘The patient is aware she can contact me again for her ongoing journey for an assisted death,’ added the practitioner.

The doctor said Cardinal was told about the ‘means available to relieve their suffering.’ 

Canada’s assisted suicide program is available to adults with a serious and incurable illness, disease, or disability, and who are in an advanced state of irreversible decline.

Cardinal may not be eligible because there are other treatments available that could solve her problem.  

In later comments, Cardinal said she had been prescribed a ‘numbing cream’ for her neo-vagina, but that the ointment ‘doesn’t work.’

‘Back to square one,’ she adds.

Her rejection for MAiD amounted to a ‘human rights concern,’ she said. 

In other posts, Cardinal slams the transgender ideas that led to her to bottom surgery 14 years ago.

In one post, Cardinal burns an LGBTQ+ flag to signal her fears over radical gender ideology

Canada is on track to record some 13,500 doctor-assisted suicides in 2022

In one video, she burns a version of the LGBTQ+ flag.

In others, she appears frustrated and even on the verge of tears.

‘I do not agree with the current rhetoric of the trans community,’ she says.

‘A lot of the so-called trans hate is fuelled by the trans community, because we aren’t allowed to have honest and tough conversations.’

She says ‘children and vulnerable’ Canadians, especially its native population, are ‘falling prey to a trend that is medicalized.’

Doctor-assisted suicides and gender-affirming procedures are less controversial in Canada than in the US.

Alex Schadenberg, head of Canada’s Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, a campaign group, told DailyMail.com that Cardinal’s posts showed ‘how crazy Canada’s MAiD law has become.’

A 2021 law loosened MAiD rules, making people like Cardinal who were not close to death eligible for deadly jabs, he said.

‘Lois was turned down for MAiD, which shows you that some sanity still exists in Canada,’ Schadenberg said.

‘My concern is that after the federal government expands Canada’s euthanasia law to include people with mental health issues in March 2024, people in similar circumstances to Lois may be approved.’

Many Canadians support euthanasia and the campaign group, Dying With Dignity, says procedures are ‘driven by compassion, an end to suffering and discrimination and desire for personal autonomy.’

Critics say the country’s regulations lack necessary safeguards, devalue the lives of disabled people, and prompt doctors and health workers to suggest the procedure to those who might not otherwise consider it.

The country is on track to record some 13,500 state-sanctioned suicides in 2022, a 34 percent rise on the 10,064 in 2021, according to Schadenberg’s analysis of official data.

Alberta is conservative compared to the rest of Canada, but still saw MAiD numbers jump 41 percent to 836 cases last year.

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