They were once men; great western men. Then Dr. Goldstein the Deceiver gave to them nine hormones and genital surgery. Blinded by their mental illness, they took them without question, one by one falling into darkness. Now they are castrated. They are the Trannys: Mutilated, neither male nor female. At all times they feel the presence of their wound, drawn to the power of being a real woman, which they will never be.