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Despite the radical procedure, Gates said that his sex life has never been better.He said his boyfriend accepts his modified genitalia, although he admits he did not tell his parents about his plans until after the surgeries were complete.Explaining why he felt compelled to do the surgery, Gates said he always felt somewhere between man and woman - 'an androgynous in-between'.Gates, an IT worker, says he did the surgery to tackle his crippling depression.Both extreme body modification surgeries allowed Gates to become a 'nullo' - a subculture, typically consisting of men who have removed their sexual organs.

In January 2017, in a North Carolina motel room, he performed a similar surgery to remove his penis.Trent Gates, a 23-year-old from Washington D.C., removed his testicles in a DIY surgical procedure performed in his own apartment in April 2016.US man who chopped off his own penis and testicles to become a 'nullo' says he enjoys intimacy more than ever
