AN IT worker has revealed how he hacked off his own penis and testicles with an ultra-sharp knife in a gruesome bid to become a genitalia-free “nullo.”

Trent Gates, 23, from Washington DC, cut off his todger in April 2016 after being inspired at the age of 15 to remove his sex organs by pictures of another castrated man.

3 Trent, from Washington DC, used an ultra-sharp knife to chop off his penis and balls Credit: Facebook/Trent Gates

He severed his testicles with an ultra-sharp ceramic blade in a dangerous DIY op back in January 2017 to complete the transformation.

Nullo is a body-modification term which refers to men who have their genitals removed.

While some in the subculture identify as “eunuchs”, others are asexual or submissive homosexuals.

Trent, who still enjoys sex with his boyfriend, told Metro US that he identifies as non-binary – meaning he is not masculine or feminine - and that his tackle never felt “like part of me.”

He said: “I have no desire to be a woman. It’s kind of a middle ground in-between the two, an androgynous in-between.”

Speaking about the viewing the pictures online of a man named Gelding when he was at school, Trent said: “I saw a photo online – it was like, bam, first photo I saw, that’s me, I want to be there some day.”

The 23-year-old sliced off his todger in his apartment using a ceramic knife sanitised with alcohol and ice water.

He then cut off his testicles in a North Carolina hotel room using the same dangerous DIY method – although this time a local “spotter” agreed to watch and call an ambulance if a medical emergency occurred.

On both occasions, he rushed himself to hospital where he was stitched up by a surgeon and also referred to a mental health team.

Speaking about how he performed the grisly surgery, he said: “I used a ceramic (knife) because its sharper than the steel, less ripping and tearing.”

3 The 23-year-old, right, identifies as a nullo meaning he has no desire for sex organs Credit: Facebook/Trent Gates

3 The IT worker insists he still enjoys sex with his boyfriend Credit: Facebook/Trent Gates

He said that he “took every precaution” and had no infection adding that he used a numbing agent and opioid painkiller oxycodone while removing his plums “to take the edge off.”

Trent said that despite the two procedures being 16 hours apart, he had the same female surgeon stitch him up on both occasions.

The IT worker admitted she “rang him through the ringer” when she met him the second time, shocked that he had fully castrated himself.

He claims the psychiatric staff deemed him mentally fit, saying: “Yeah, yeah, he’s good, he’s sane…miraculously”.’

Trent says the wound where he removed his balls took a month to heal while his gaping hole where his penis was took up to three weeks to close up.

He uses a catheter to urinate and claims sex with his boyfriend is more “intense” now after he chopped off his twig and berries.

The 23-year-old said he was “shaking for hours” the first time he had sex after the castration because his orgasm was so powerful.

He said he still ejaculates clear fluid produced by the prostate during sex with his lover.

Trent claims his parents and boyfriend have accepted his body transformation.

He did reveal that his mother had thrown out his frozen penis which was being kept in the freezer but refused to reveal why.

The proud nullo said he had no regrets despite suffering from occasional urinary infections, insisting: “I feel happier. I feel more me. I feel, I guess, freer in a sense. “

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