Rush Limbaugh: Transgender People Are Mentally Ill Limbaugh: Sex Reassignment Surgery For Transgender People Is “Treating Mental Illness With Mental Illness” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 08/12/15 2:41 PM EDT From the August 12 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: Video file Related: In A First, California Agrees To Pay For Transgender Inmate's Sex Reassignment Previously: Fox News' Special Report Demeans Transgender Teens As Impressionable Children With A Mental Disorder Limbaugh Blames Transgender Community and Marriage Equality For “Rotting” Culture Limbaugh: National Conversation On Caitlyn Jenner Is Part Of A “Direct Frontal Attack On What The United States Has Always Been”