New York Magazine journalist writes piece on why trans kids should be allowed to change their sex THEN asks 45K followers to donate money to fix her friend's botched gender surgery

A New York magazine journalist asked her online audience to donate money to a friend's botched gender surgery after promoting a piece she wrote arguing kids should be allowed to have transgender treatments. 

Andrea Long Chu, a transgender female and a critic for New York magazine, faced backlash for a post she made under a link to her article on Monday that promoted her new article 'Freedom of Sex The moral case for letting trans kids change their bodies.'  

'I wrote about what justice looks like for trans kids,' Chu captioned her initial post. 

In her piece, Chu talked about the transgender 'debate' in the US, misconceptions in the transgender community she has noticed, and called out publications like the Times and The Atlantic for 'sanitizing ideas' in the 'reactionary corners of the media landscape.' 

After sharing her work, Chu, who uses the pronouns 'she' and 'her', then posted a link to a Gofundme and called for her 45,000 followers to support her friend who needs a revision procedure after their gender surgery left them in 'a lot of pain and discomfort.' 

Chu wrote: 'Speaking of which: my sweet friend theo is having painful complications from their surgery last year and urgently needs a revision, pls help out if you can.' 

Andrea Long Chu, a transgender female and a critic for New York magazine, has faced harsh backlash for a post she made that supported a friend's botched gender surgery after promoting her new article that argued that kids should be allowed to transition 

Chu originally posted a link to her New York magazine piece on Monday (left) . She then posted a link to her friends Gofundme page that is raising money for gender revision surgery (right) 

The plea for assistance to correct a gender surgery in such quick succession to advocating for it caught the eye of critics online. 

Comedian Bridget Pheatasy posted Chu's tweet about her article alongside her post about the fundraising link. 

'Tagging your story about letting kids mutilate themselves with a Gofundme for complications from one of these surgeries pretty much says it all,' Pheatady said. 

'Chu does not truly lack all self-awareness; he desires the lack,' writer Donovan Cleckley posted on X. 

In reaction to her post, another person said: 'Just a fascinating juxtaposition with zero self awareness. "kids must have these surgeries - help my friend with his botched surgery".'

'You absolutely are vile,' another person said under her post. 

Of all of the negative reactions Chu received for her controversial post, one person was seen showing support. 

'So much brilliance in this must-read piece by @andrelongchu,' author Paisley Currah said. 

In the piece, Chu spoke about how many Americans have gotten involved in the debate 'over the rights of transgender youth' which she said is run by 'the far left, the liberal center, and certain feminists on the left.' 

As of Tuesday morning, the Gofundme link that Chu originally posted on X, was deleted. The donation page is still up and has raised more than $3,075 out of its $10,000 goal

Even though she took it down, others quickly reacted to Chu's post and called her out for her 'fascinating juxtaposition' 

'An increase in gender freedom has coincided with a rise in the number of people wishing to change their sex. For these people, sex itself is becoming a site of freedom,' Chu wrote. 

Chu's book that she wrote in 2019 has been credited to launching a 'second wave' of trans studies 

Chu also dove into the introduction of bills that have set out to 'ban gender-affirming health care for minors,' made schools out students to their parents, and restrict trans children in sports. 

She argued that trans rights have been hung on a 'thin peg' because the society has justified that that kids decide to change their gender due to depression, anxiety, peer pressure, social media and more. 

'But we have largely failed to form a coherent moral account of why someone’s gender identity should justify the actual biological interventions that make up gender-affirming care,' Chu wrote. 

She insisted that the feud on justifying why kids decide to change their gender, 'is a fear we can no longer afford.' 

In a book she wrote in 2019, titled 'Females,' Chu dug into a 'genre-defying investigation' that focused on the public's approach to 'smother' the 'embrace of gender.' 

The book has since been credited to launching a 'second wave' of trans studies, according to her website. 

As of Tuesday morning, her post to X with a link to the fundraising page, had been deleted. The donation page is still up and has raised more than $3,075 out of a $10,000 goal. 

In her New York magazine piece, Chu specifically identified well-known publications and journalists who she said have 'put wokeness before rational standards of care'

In her New York magazine piece, Chu specifically identified well-known publications like The Atlantic, Times and The Economist. 

She said that The Atlantic's 2018 piece 'When Children Say They're Trans' and accused the piece of describing 'gender-questioning youth' as a social issue, before it made the topic a medical issue. 

Chu then called out the Times and accused the publication of 'vigorously normalizing' that debating over the rights of trans youth is necessary. 

Besides listing publications that she thinks have negatively contributed to her argument, Chu also named multiple journalists in her piece. 

'These writers are far more likely to be militants than their counterparts at the Times; they are especially preoccupied with the "science denial" of radical activists, who have put wokeness before rational standards of care,' Chu wrote. 

DailyMail.com contacted Chu for comment.