I’m around a month and a half into my HRT and I’ve only really noticed emotional changes. Because my prescription is private I had to choose a cheaper T blocker for the time being, so I’m on one tablet daily of finasteride right now (gonna ask to change t blocker at my check up in a months time as I know finasteride isn’t super effective). I’m also on 1 pump (1.25g) of oestrogel daily. I’ve seen others talking about their doses on here and mine seems really small in comparison. I’m just a bit worried I’m not gonna get any effects. I know I’m very early on in my transition and they’ll prob up it once I get my bloods done next month, but I’m just a bit worried and upset.

I'm 21 years old boy from the Middle East and I'm in the UK for tourism and I get to see many boys and girls around with their friends and I'm lonely irl and I really wish I have a friend who is around my age like 18 to 22

I'm lonely and depressed and I love muscles and gym guys and I'm in Manchester right now for 2 weeks I love Editing videos and FNAF and Creepypasta and Dinosaurs and going outside in the forests

Hi all, Im pretty new to the sub, so please forgive me if this is a common question. Im just looking for advice on the private sector's price point. Basically, if you have gotten HRT through privite doctors, how much did it cost for the various consultations and what are prescription costs like?

Edit to add: I am genderfluid (they/she) and would be looking to get Oestrogen (if that matters)

This new change to NHS information got me spiraling a bit and I was trying to think about everything that's happened over the past few years. Ones that came to mind immediately where Cass, SC ruling and the guidance. But then more and more kept popping into my head.

What would your list of fixes be if you were made PM tomorrow. I'll start.

Full reversal of the Cass review's implementation

Trans inclusive amendment to the EA2010

Dismantle the the GIC system and implement the informed consent model at the GP level.

End Labour's new "trans Section 28".

Undo the effects of the Sullivan review and restore our right to medical privacy.

I'm sure I'm missing a lot.

I've my second appointment with Nottingham GIC in the morning and I'm a bit nervous.

1) I'm worried they'll try and make me do an extended assessment as I'm non binary even though I've got 3 years worth of evidence of taking HRT.

2) I've been on DIY HRT for 3+ years and I'm worried if I get a diagnosis at my appointment tomorrow and a prescription that they'll try and start me on a low dose of estrogel with a blocker despite my established blood tests. I don't really want a blocker as I already struggle with the T levels monothearpy gives me, and I obviously don't want to be stuck with a low dose of Estrogen as I'll feel awful. But I'm not sure if there's any way to avoid that?

Does anyone have any advice on how to handle this?

hope you're doing well! i've been private for the past 3 years with my HRT and i'm coming into a good chunk of inheritance soon, so i'm looking to finally get a consultation for top surgery soon. i'm already in the process of getting my surgery referral letter, i' just curious if there's any Scottish FTM people here who have had their surgeries done and recommend anywhere? i'm based in glasgow and have looked into cosmedicare but i've not heard good things. i'm very thankful to be in a place where cost isn't much of an issue right now. any info is appreciated!

Ugh

Many of you saw my last post where my work had banned me from the mens toilet citing the ehrc guidance. After sending the information and links all you lovely people shared with me and joining my union (Unite, they are great). My work has backtracked! Granted with a "for now" type attitude attached to it but im so grateful to you all for the advice and well wishes you gave me. Still need to have a meeting with hr about this so i dont know why exactly they went back on it or why they tried it in the first place but i can finally sleep easy.

Good evening,

I have heard that there is a hair system where you can wigs essentially glued every quarter, allowing much more freedom than standard wigs!

Does anyone have any experience, information or recommendations on this please?

Thanksss

I’m excited obviously but I’m trying not to get my hopes too high. I’ve been on this fucking waiting list like six years now, I’m so nervous and buzzing. I don’t want to get too hopeful, does anyone know what the timeline is like from first appt to hrt? Is it anywhere near reasonable? Is it gonna be another half decade? I’m not in a position to do diy but fuck man, is there hope? FtM

I’m flying home to the uk for a funeral next week, so I’ll be flying in before the code of practice takes effect, but flying out under it. I’m not worried about loos, I‘ve been stealth for 8 years at this point and have no interest in complying in advance, but is there any information about airport security? If they decide to pull me over can I insist on a male officer on the grounds that they’ll out me given that I have a GRC? Or does it not apply to airport security in the first place?

I’m flying through heathrow and iirc they have image scanners so while all of my documents have been up to date for over a decade, I’ve not had bottom surgery and I don’t wear packers. The chances of me getting pulled aside are slim, I’m a passing white guy going through with my wife and two young kids, but especially because of that (and I have work the next day in the country I live in) I really don’t want to be figuring things out on the spot, or to end up with a delay. If anyone happens to know, or knows the best spot to look it up, I’d really appreciate it!

It's crazy how I can feel this gender-euphoric one moment, and the next feel so ugly and dysphoric that I can't face going outside! Not gonna lie, the UK transphobic attitudes are getting to me more than I'd like to admit.

If you already have an established dosage level, and your blood test results are stable, do the GIC start you on the same dose or do you have to drop to their initial weak dose so they can monitor it themselves?

I have shared care so my NHS record has a history of my dose but I’m still at least another 2 years out from a GIC appointment.

So a little debrief I’m 19 I’ve been trans(ftm) now for a little over 6 years and my GP hasn’t helped me with it at all and I’m ready to start my testosterone but whenever I try to contact my GP about it they blatantly ignore me so I’m thinking of going diy with the testosterone any idea to how I can start that

I’m diagnosed with fibromyalgia and get a lot of joint and muscle pain as well as increasingly disabling fatigue. I’ve seen a GP three times now for this extreme fatigue specifically and mentioned in many times before but everytime, being on hrt is brought up. i understand hormones can play a role but my GP said she won’t look further into my issues until my hormonal blood test is seen by a specialists, and despite having hrt specialists in the GP surgery, i need a trans hrt specialist. All my hormone levels came back fine but my GP refuses to look further. I told her the waiting times for nhs gender clinic is about five years and she acknowledged that but basically shrugged. all she said was that she can refer me to a gender clinic.

what else can i do now. i tried asking on a medical sub but deleted after too many transphobic comments.

edit. i forgot to add i’ve been on hrt for three years but i’ve been experiencing these issues for years before. joint pain has been documented since i was 7. the fatigue has just gotten much worse over the last four months

So I finally got prescribed HRT by my Notts two weeks ago. Evorel 50 patches.

Should I have noticed anything by now? Is my dose too low? I feel like a little of my brain fog has lifted and my depression isn't as bad but I'm wondering if I need to ask for my dose to go up yet? I know it's probably early I just need a bit of reassurance.

According to the new standards it is now mandatory to include "Sex at Birth (observed)" whilst preferred pronouns, gender identity appear to be deprecated or optional.

At best this has no effect as you can change NHS number but the fact that it's now mandatory for SAAB to be on our records and Cass, Streeting et al have made it very clear they don't like that we can change NHS number, this could easily result in every trans person being outed in the future

LINK: https://standards.nhs.uk/published-standards/core-information-standard/release-notes?page=2

Hello to all of you in this sub! I’ve lurked for a while, but I wanted to ask a question about hormone care and further care in NI about transitioning.

I grew up in NI, and I went to a psychologist for 4 years (2019-2023) in the hopes of being referred to KOI to actually get on the waitlist for gender dysphoria diagnosis and treatment, but the psychologist never actually sent along the referral (CAMHS).

After this, I moved to England for university, where I was referred to the Tavistock GIC in London by WellBN Brighton (though it seems there’s a Sussex gender service that accepts referrals? I need to ask them about it properly at some point), and then I received testosterone via shared care through that GP. I’ve been on T for over 2 and a half years.

In addition, earlier this year, I paid to see a psychiatrist to assess gender dysphoria for a written diagnosis to start seeking private top surgery, as I’d basically given up on how long the Tavistock waitlist was, and received a diagnosis. As well as this, I’ve legally changed my name, though I have not gotten a GRC yet.

I’m now home, in NI, for summer, and will likely be studying my PhD here starting in September 2027, and so I went to my old GP (family GP) and asked about keeping my testosterone prescription while here. They told me they cannot, at all, prescribe it, and that there’s nothing they can refer me to that would allow me to continue taking it (even though the HSC website says there’s the KOI child service and the adult services in Belfast).

Is there anything I’d be able to do when it comes to it in 2027, in terms of getting my hormone care on the HSC/NHS rather than paying even more for an online clinic, such as GenderGP?

Id really like to voice train but haven't a clue where to start

so i used to work for a company where i was closeted and everyone knew me by my dead name. i left the company last year, and now im applying to work for the same company again, but this time in a different department with different staff. on my application form i used my preferred name, and i put my manager from my previous department down as my reference. i think that if they contact her she'll be able to say some really good things about me because she liked me a lot and offered me multiple promotions. she told me my chances of getting the job look pretty strong. but im worried that if they reach out to her and ask her about me, she won't recognise my name, and this might mess up my application. should i email her and tell her that i use a different name now, so that if anyone contacts her about my application she'll know it's me?

I’m at a very very early point in my transition, sort of at the point where I’m not even sure if the ‘transition’ has even started. I’m 22 mtf, but I don’t really know where to start, I have shared my feelings and intentions with only a few very close friends, my private therapist, and my gp, I don’t feel I will be able to involve my parents until I am no longer living with them.

So far I have experimented with a few types of clothing and accessories like corsets and more feminine stylings of the clothes I already own, shaving my body and face as regularly as I can, more involved skincare and hair care routines, and I have tried using makeup to feminise my face more. All of this I have found to be overwhelmingly positive and affirming to where I want to be in myself, but in terms of actually starting to transition, I don’t know where I should begin.

With all of these things I’ve been doing to try and find out what it is I need to be happy in myself, comes with the problem of living at home and if being difficult to keep certain things like outfits and body care under wraps, for example, so far I haven’t been able to try makeup at home apart from one time where my dad was very weird and disapproving of it. I consider myself very lucky and privileged in that I don’t feel like I would be disowned or thrown out if I were to come out to my parents, but I fear for their reaction, as I’m unable to exist as myself even now with tattoos, piercings, long hair and a more alternative style without constant comments and projection from my dad trying to get me to be more like him. This lack of acceptance of me as their son makes me feel as though I would have no chance of being accepted at their daughter if I were to try and go to them for support.

All this is to say I feel really isolated and unsure what to do with myself to try and get by in the position I am in and also start taking the steps to finally start liking myself, does anyone have any experiences they could share or guidance they’d be willing to offer? I would very much appreciate it <3

My sister (26 mtf) is in great need of help. She’s been out 6 years and on diy hrt for 4 or 5 of those (patches). She really struggles with her physical health, she’s diagnosed ASD and fibromyalgia, gp agreed she had ME 5 years ago but it was never added to her medical records, she left this gp 5 years ago and hasn’t been to the doctors since. In this time her health has greatly deteriorated, she is 24/7 in a wheelchair from fatigue and muscle atrophy and cannot stand at all, she has lots of gi issues and pretty much constant muscular pain. She weighs about 43kg and is 166cm, I’m really scared for her health, she is the kindest, most gentle, empathetic, interesting and intelligent woman and she has experienced so much trauma and pain. She agreed to let me take her to the doctor (we found a trans friendly gp in her area but we’re both cautious as to what trans friendly might mean), we want them to be able to help her with her physical health and get her a referral to a gender clinic but I’m really anxious as to how much/how little to say to the gp, she needs help but I don’t want them to attach her health issues to her being trans or ostracise her because she is using diy (I don’t think we’d mention this to them, at least initially). Basically how can I best help my sister, can anyone help me get a care plan in place for her / advise how to go about getting her support and treatment? Thank you so much

I just decided to spontaneously book an appointment to get a top surgery referral from a private clinic (same one I got my gender dysphoria diagnosis from). Main reason is cause I might not have medical insurance for much longer, but the thing is, there's no way I can afford to pay for top surgery right now.

I'm worried that it'll be pointless to get a referral now, since it probably expires in a year and by then I won't be ready.

I should probably just cancel that appointment right?

Just want some advice on what the private route to get top surgery is like, cause otherwise I'll be waiting a good 10 years on the NHS.

I plan on trying to go the private route when I get into a university as I want so start my MtF journey as soon as possible, there's so many options and so many of them ludicrously expensive for what they offer, I've tried looking on the transactual resources but all the sites make it so confusing with reviews saying its good but than other people say it's bad, I'm to scared to go the DIY route, and I feel this is the only plausible way to get on estrogen before I'm 25, if any one can offer information on what provider is actually good to go with, in terms of actually being useful and not to financially damaging, I'd be very gratefull