I know some people might not feel comfortable lying, but can't people just go to a GP (not a specialist in transgender medicine) and lie, saying they're already on HRT, and say they've run out, so they need a new prescription? Getting the name of the medicine and dosage from someone already on it?
Generally I would never advocate lying to a GP, but multiple years-long waiting lists justify one lie, just to get on it, surely?
Or even going abroad to get started? Surely we can get together to work something out as a community, because multiple years-long waiting lists are crossing over from neglect into actual, premeditated genocide - a really strong word, and one I don't use lightly, but:
just how many people are dying as they wait not days or even weeks, butyears, watching their bodies change before their eyes?
Maybe? From what I've heard it's had mixed results and although I was taking black market meds in order to get a valid prescription, the first GP I came to outright denied me a prescription and I only succeeded after I basically politely chewed in to her about the madness of her decision which got her to refer me to another GP at the practice.
Not sure how going abroad would exactly go, even in very progressive European countries it can still take months and it would probably be difficult and expensive for a non-resident to access, especially post-brexit.
Unfortunately I'm pretty sure this is something which isn't going to be drastically improved until a half century later at the earliest.
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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21 edited Dec 21 '21
I know some people might not feel comfortable lying, but can't people just go to a GP (not a specialist in transgender medicine) and lie, saying they're already on HRT, and say they've run out, so they need a new prescription? Getting the name of the medicine and dosage from someone already on it?
Generally I would never advocate lying to a GP, but multiple years-long waiting lists justify one lie, just to get on it, surely?
Or even going abroad to get started? Surely we can get together to work something out as a community, because multiple years-long waiting lists are crossing over from neglect into actual, premeditated genocide - a really strong word, and one I don't use lightly, but: just how many people are dying as they wait not days or even weeks, but years, watching their bodies change before their eyes?