By Kit Million Ross, Monday Mar 1, 2021
I can recall, in precise detail, the exact moment where I realised just how difficult accessing gender-affirming healthcare would be for me.
Hunched over my laptop, aged 21, in the very early days of my own coming out and transition as a non-binary person, grinning from ear to ear as I purchased my first chest binder, and deciding to ride this wave of gender euphoria and research the process of getting a referral to an NHS Gender Identity Clinic (GIC).
What I found was soul-destroying. Reams of Reddit posts detailing wait times getting longer and longer, people self-medicating with hormones purchased online, a total lack of clarity regarding pathways for people who want surgery but not hormones, and the heart-breaking realisation that, in all likelihood, I wouldn’t have access to any medical gender care before I turned 30.
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