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#desegregatetranshealthcare

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SleepyCatten<p>We don't know who need to hear this, but if you've been waiting for a sign, a push, or someone's permission to transition, this is it :TransHeart:</p><p>You only get one shot at life, so choose to be who you really are, rather than whom others say you are or whom they want you to be :TransButterfly: </p><p>Transitioning isn't easy, and it won't make your struggles just go away, but it <strong>will</strong> make those struggles <strong>worth</strong> striving to overcome :PleadingFace: </p><p>If you can't do so now due to any reasons, please note that it's <strong>never</strong> too late to start transitioning, and that there's a whole community of people who will support you 🩷</p><p>No matter what you think or anyone else tells you, you <strong>are</strong> trans enough, <strong>and</strong> you deserve happiness as yourself ✊ :HeartHands: </p><p>We believe in you, even if you don't yet believe in yourself :GirlInTransHoodieHuggingFurry: </p><p><a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/ProtectTransKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransKids</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransKidsDeserveToThrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransKidsDeserveToThrive</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransKidsDeserveToGrowUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransKidsDeserveToGrowUp</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransYouthAreLoved" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransYouthAreLoved</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransKidsDeserveBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransKidsDeserveBetter</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/DesegregateTransHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesegregateTransHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransLiberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLiberation</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>+ <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/YesYouAreTransEnough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YesYouAreTransEnough</span></a></p>
SleepyCatten<p>Hey folks</p><p>We all know <a href="https://transactual.org.uk/blog/2024/04/11/press-release-the-cass-review-is-bad-science-and-should-not-be-taken-seriously-by-policymakers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">how shite the Cass Review was/is</a>, and how it's been <a href="https://transactual.org.uk/advocacy/critiques-of-the-cass-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">universally discredited and rejected</a> :PleadingFace: </p><p>Alas, NHS England has now set its gaze firmly on a <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/gender-dysphoria-clinical-programme/review-of-adult-gender-dysphoria-services/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">review of adult trans+ healthcare services</a> 😞</p><p>We would love to believe that this is being done in good faith, but NHS England has <strong>never</strong> been on the side of trans people.¹ As such, we believe that the best we can realistically hope for at this stage is damage limitation :FaceExhaling: </p><p>To this end, we wish to highlight that the page linked above links to an <a href="https://nhs.welcomesyourfeedback.net/s/93arah" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Adult Gender Services Review survey</strong></a>, which is open to:</p><blockquote><ul><li>current, and recent, patients who have been seen at one, or more, of the [Gender Dysphoria Clinics] in the past five years</li><li>family and friends of patients who have used services in the past five years</li><li>current staff members, and those who have worked at one, or more, of the centres in the past five years</li></ul></blockquote><p>Even if it doesn't change a thing, we should make our voices heard loudly and defiantly ✊ :TransHeart: :NonBinaryHeart: :AgenderHeart: :BiGenderHeart: :GenderfluidHeart: :GenderqueerHeart: :DemiBoyHeart: :DemiGirlHeart:</p><p>So let's go all out and tell them what we actually want:</p><ol><li>Depathologisation.</li><li>Desegregation.</li><li>Informed consent.</li></ol><p>We don't want <strong>better</strong> gender clinics: we want them to be <strong>dismantled entirely</strong>, in favour of desegregated healthcare.</p><p>We don't want to be <strong>forced</strong> to get a formal medical <strong>diagnosis of being trans</strong> to access basic GAHT / HRT, to have the right to consent to gender-affirming surgeries, or to change our legal gender.</p><p>We want <strong>world leading</strong> gender-affirming healthcare, beyond the nonsense, unscientific biases that still exist even in <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WPATH SOC8</a>.</p><p>They don't <strong>want</strong> to offer us this, and will do everything in their power to ignore us, but that doesn't mean that our voices shouldn't be heard.</p><p>Maybe trans liberation won't come today, but we need to fight for it at every stage :AnarchySymbol: </p><p>Boosts are very welcome and will be very much appreciated, by the by :BoostsOKPrideSymbol: </p><p><a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NonBinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonBinary</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/agender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agender</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/bigender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigender</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/DemiBoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemiBoy</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/DemiGirl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemiGirl</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/genderfluid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genderfluid</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/genderqueer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genderqueer</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>+ <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LGBTQIA2S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA2S</span></a>+ <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransLiberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLiberation</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransLiberationNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLiberationNow</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/CassReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CassReview</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LevyReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LevyReview</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/depathologisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depathologisation</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/demedicalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demedicalisation</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/desegregation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desegregation</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/DesegregateTransHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesegregateTransHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedConsent</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survey</span></a> </p><p>¹ You can read all about the awful history of trans healthcare provided by NHS England in <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/315349/the-transgender-issue-by-faye-shon/9780141991801" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Transgender Issue: An Argument For Justice</a> by Shon Faye.</p>
SleepyCatten<p>Hey folks 🩷</p><p>Just doing a quick update to let you all know that we're still here, we're still recovering from and coping with depression, anxiety, neurodivergent burnout, and migraines.</p><p>It's not all sunshine and rainbows, but we're doing a little better and keeping ourselves occupied, whilst also allowing ourselves time to rest... though sometimes Hannah has to remind us to pause or stop when we get hyperfocussed 😅</p><p>On another note, we've got our 4th appointment with the NHS <a href="https://ncth.nhs.uk/east-of-england-service" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">East of England Gender Service (EOEGS)</a> tomorrow, which we're totally not entirely anxious about 😅🥺</p><p>This one is to get a 2nd surgical recommendation from another NHS medical "specialist". We need 2 before we can even join any surgical waiting list, and we already got the 1st from our 3rd appointment... back in March 2024.</p><p>Technically we should have had that all sorted back during our 2nd appointment in August 2023, when they agreed that we did indeed meet the diagnostic criteria for <a href="https://icd.who.int/browse/2024-01/mms/en#90875286" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gender incongruence (ICD-11, HA60)</a>, but NHS gender identity clinics (GICs) are a crumbling anachronism, designed intentionally to make the process drawn-out, difficult, and full of gatekeeping 😔</p><p>Of course, they couldn't just accept the gender incongruence diagnosis we got privately in July 2021... from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-recognition-certificate-list-of-medical-practitioners-in-gender-dysphoria/doctors-and-psychologists-specialising-in-gender-dysphoria" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">someone literally recognised by the UK government as a gender specialist</a> for the purposes of applying for a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-gender-recognition-certificate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gender recognition certificate</a>, and who still works for the NHS 😑😮‍💨🤦‍♀️</p><p>Plus also the EOEGS took nearly 6 <strong>months</strong> to send the final report and letter to my NHS GP before booking this 4th appointment and getting started on other requests.</p><p>They made several factual errors in the report too. We sent it back to them and our GP, with highlighted corrections.</p><p>So, yeah. We're a bit anxious right now. </p><p><a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/EOEGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EOEGS</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/EastOfEnglandGenderService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastOfEnglandGenderService</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NHSEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHSEngland</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>+ <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/DesegregateTransHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesegregateTransHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransLiberationNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLiberationNow</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NeurodivergentBurnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeurodivergentBurnout</span></a></p>
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