hello, I’m very exited, in about a week i got my appointment to get hrt. I doubt ill get it since at my age i need consent from both parents being in Australia and I’m only out to my mum.
Is there any tips on what i should say to maybe get hrt even though its doubtful ill be able to get it. If this does not work I’m going to do diy hrt probably.
Also if i dont get hrt and i probably wont I’m going to tell the doctor that this is not healthcare, its only restricting me from getting what i need. welp hopefully i get my estrogen.
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Under 18 are on hormones all the time, it’s called puberty.
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Why is it fine for trans youth to have the wrong hormones but having the right hormones is somehow a bad thing?
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There is no biological reason to choose 18 as a cut-off. It is entirely a product of how our societies are structured. Without that specific structure where 18 is considered legal maturity that age would not be chosen as a cut-off.
As such this is not a medically motivated recommendation, but a legally motivated one. And as such this recommendation is not in the patient’s best medical interest. It’s the medical professionals covering their asses.
It’s medical malpractice.
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Anytime any magical recommendation references an age as a hard cut-off instead of physical attributes like weight or developmental stage it’s bullshit. The body doesn’t follow a strict time line.
The very fact that natal puberty starts at very different ages should make it glaringly obvious that any hormone related discussion cannot and must not be age dependent.
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…What am I reading in a freaking transfem online space?? Is this for real? Are you serious?
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thats a very harmful take imo
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going through the wrong puberty is traumatic
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Why should we force trans youth to go through puberty when they don’t have to? Unnecessary trauma. So many trans people wish they could have started when they were teenagers
Being trans, they already have enough of a tough road ahead of them. Why make it any harder than it has to be?
What the hell. Please think about your gate keeping and how massively harmful such gate keeping is.
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Which is exactly wjat OP is doing, so I guess you can be happy?
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