The government is hearing oral submissions from members of the public -

On this Thursday they are hearing from :

Organizations like Sex Matters, LGB Alliance, the Gay Men's Network, Stonewall, and faith-based groups have presented or scheduled oral and written submissions concerning the scope of criminalization, definitions of abuse, and impacts on families, speech, and counseling.

This includes Dennis Kavanagh the guy who preferred AIDs to trans people - and was banned from social media for hateful conduct

And Helen Joyce who famously called for Trans Erradication - referring to all trans people as a “Huge problem in a sane world”

Notably there are no pro trans voices (No I don’t consider Stonewall an advocacy group) giving evidence .

I would propose contacting the committee https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/851/draft-conversion-practices-bill-joint-committee

Or advocacy groups to question the standing of these organisations to provide expert witness

https://committees.parliament.uk/submission/4010/#/evidence/4010/call-for-evidence

It was one of the best feelings I've had in years!

I wasnt actually expecting it... I had an appointment to change my NHS records a month ago, but was never given any confirmation. Then, out of nowhere, the doctor called for Amy! Felt a rush of excitement I didn't expect to feel going for a jab!

Havent started hormones yet (soon), but one of the first hurdles has been cleared!

Interesting video linking rise of Nazism directly with anti-trans ideology pre-WW2

I used to live in the East Midlands and I would constantly get bad stares, harassment and one time even assaulted on the street. I've been living in Nantes here in France for a year now and even with my broken French I've received nothing but kindness from all type of strangers I interact with, I don't even get misgendered which is something I never even cared for before... it takes me aback even to this day honestly.

Unfortunately, I need to move back to the UK in a month and will be moving to a city either in Cornwall or Devon due to personal circumstances. I've never been anywhere near this region before and now I'm anxious about experiencing constant harassment yet again, so I wanted to ask if anyone has any experience or reports regarding trans safety and acceptance in that region.

Hey all.

Please note this could be triggering. Please do not read if this could cause difficulties for you. It does mention refusal of care and end of life ideation so please take precautions where necessary.

Found out recently that my GP has gone on long term sick and she was managing my prescription.

I'm post op and been on HRT for 7 years. I've finished the treatment pathway with the Gender Clinic and been discharged last year.

However, the practice I'm with is now saying that shouldn't have happened and I need a shared care agreement in place for them to continue prescribing hrt. I've told them I have no hope of being able to get one but its falling on deaf ears.

Looking into it, it seems GP's are now being guided to only operate on shared care arrangements as per the RCGP guidance, which others defer to. So it looks like I have little chance of fighting it. There is one part in the guidance where it says ongoing treatment that is well established should not be removed abruptly but that seems the only part in my favour.

As I'm discharged the only option is referral to a gender clinic again, which will be years away. I dont have access to other GP's due to them previously refusing to prescribe so have no means to find a new GP. Im told by my Housing Service my case isnt important or urgent, so im not a priority to be rehoused somewhere that would have a GP willing to continue prescribing.Regardless, I have no idea where I could move to and get support. I am going to contact the gender clinic tomorrow and am looking up trans actuals guidance and similar.

Im disabled and cant afford to move privately. Obviously I can't afford private either. Im genuinely unsure of other methods and thats not a real possibility currently either.

So im in bits currently.... again.

I have attempted to take my life because of this already. The change in NHS guidance for hospital stays 10 days ago, contributed to that. I have survived but im still vulnerable to further trauma triggering another attempt. I am getting help so please understand im trying here.

This is so needless though and i just am not in a good way. These ghouls just do not know the harm they do.

Bit of background I’m in the NHS pathway and been seen by Indigo. looking at hormones being prescribed in February but it won’t happen unless I reach out to the GP to get my blood pressure sorted. I scored 168/113 at the doctors but even at home I can’t get it lower than 139/89. even though they said I won’t get HRT unless I reach out I can’t make myself make the appointment. But it’s more than that, I’m nearly 40 and like most people who were closeted I was pretty disassociated from my body. It’s coming back and every shoulder issue, pain, Issue with constipation I’m panicking what happens if I’m admitted. Even though you Don’t get admitted for these things. I think what I’m worried about as well is that I was so good at getting all my documents changed over. Including my NHS number. I allmost imagine that they will be angry at me for doing so as I havnt started hormones yet. But I waited since august 2024 and I wanted to get it all changed over until they stopped me from doing so. Any advice would be appreciated. my friend who is normally supportive but cis doesn’t get it cos she is like “but you Never been admitted to hospital “ and “being admitted unplanned is rare”. But all I can think his the 2nd part of my life is much more likely it would happen. I’m also angry cos this is what the mad wizard lady And her lot want. And it feels like I’m letting them win. How do you get your head to work with the NHS?

Does anyone know what this even means?

I contacted the GP clinic and they have no info aside from the fact the referral was made following the GP appointment, they have no info on the 'different course of action' and advised calling the GIC (I don't know the phone number or the clinic name because this update replaced the previous info about the referral)

Does this mean my referral was turned down? I did see the referral letter in my appointment notes and the GP misunderstood a lot of the stuff I said, but it still seemed good enough that a GIC would be willing to see me.

For some quick background, I have C-PTSD, OCD, and dissociative seizures (from the C-PTSD). I've started noticing a huge uptick in seizures, I had yesterday afternoon and another in my sleep. They coincide almost 1:1 with my obsessive thoughts about the unfairness of how this country is treating me/us, fuelled by an underlying sense of injustice. Especially since I was sexually abused throughout my childhood and also explicitly disbelieved by teachers and adults when I told them about it.

Now being branded and accused of these same things that happened to me without any cause. It has massively triggered my OCD and I spend most of my days thinking about this over and over and over again. The stress of thinking about all this so much is incredibly stressful, but I can't stop and there doesn't seem to be a way for me to escape this situation. The more I do think about it, the worse my dissociation gets. Even if I left the country, I'd still be dealing with these thoughts of injustice.

So I guess that's it. Whenever politicians or transphobes say they're just 'protecting women' or some bollocks like that. Apparently the damage this is doing to my brain is not worthy of attention or sympathy. Fuck them and fuck this country.

I was referred to The Laurels in Exeter many moons ago, not had initial appointment yet. Have recently moved to Sheffield, and to GP here. I'm a bit confused, wondering if anyone knows:

Do I need to move GIC to keep the referral?

Is this something I contact the GIC directly for or go through my GP?

Does the referral timeline start from the beginning if I move to new GIC?

Thank you

Does anyone know if there’s anywhere around Cheshire that does electrolysis and is trans-friendly? I’m like 10 rounds of laser deep now and except on my upper lip the only hair left is stuff that the laser can’t target and I’m getting desperate atp, I just want to not have fucking facial hair anymore. I already have to commute to Manchester just to get that, I can’t really afford to be travelling too far afield for electrolysis too.

I've been putting off voice training for the last three months while I dealt with other things first, and now I've been wanting to start, but all I can seem to find that isn't old or 'not recommended' are resources focused on North American accents

Its booked in for mid December. I can believe, the wait is almost over! This will be the best early Christmas present ever

Burnham wants to increase freedom of movement with the EU.

Could our various campaigning organisations please write to the EU and suggest that restoring gender recognition should be a pre-requisite of them agreeing to freedom of movement otherwise their trans citizens can’t benefit by coming here.

Kinda had a feeling this would happen but unsure what the next steps are? I don’t understand how it all works to be quite frank. Do I need to do anything or will the clinic sort it? I’ve tried to call them but it always goes to Voicemail -.-

So I, 16MtF, have recently been looking into starting feminising HRT but the more I've researched the more confused and disappointed I've felt. Especially when looking at the waiting times with the NHS and the expenses of going private (Which I could just BARELY afford for a year at most with my current savings). As of last week, I'm out to most of my immediate family who were all accepting (YAY) and may help with any costs.

I've only started looking into HRT last Sunday so my knowledge is still quite limited, other available options that I haven't detailed here I probably haven't heard of.

My ideals for whatever I settle on are that it's: A: legal. B: Carries no likely health risks (common contamination, easy to mess up dosage, etc) C: Won't cause significant concerns for authority figures such as teachers from my college or doctors (I should mention I have no known health conditions and I'm not currently on any medication) and D: Can be started in a reasonable time frame (NOT 5+ years!!)

Hi! So, moved in mid-september to my new place and switched to a new gp that can accept my shared care but in the whole rush of moving in I completely gpt sidetracked and didnt tell my private clinic about the move or my new gp!

I did ask my new gp and my old one did send across some medication they had already ordered so I've had some HRT injection already.

What do I do?! I can admit I fucked up but does this mean I need a new shared care agreement? Any other documentation? Have I breached any important rules with the private clinic?

I have scheduled an email to confirm a review for next month. I've got about 3 weeks until its meant to happen and provided my new gp details and my new address and apologised. But is there anything else?

I had it with Bellringer a few years ago..do I ask him or do I ask my GP? :S

Basically when I sit in a certain way, it puts pressure on something located near my butt like a bone or a muscle or something? and I can feel something shift that pokes near my vagina..I don't even know how to describe it tbh! It doesn't really hurt usually it's just something weird I've noticed that I never noticed before surgery..

My previous GP refused to refer me where I used to live, is the closest GIC the one in London with a 15 year waiting time really the only option?

Do I have any other options? Having to wait 15 more years is just to be seen is so disheartening.

For reference I'm self-administering e already, but needing to go through the system for future srs and grc...

Today I took my Prostap injection (11.25mg sub-cutaneous every 12 weeks) but as I was nervous as it’s only my second time doing it, I accidentally messed up part of the injection process by not ejecting air from the syringe before injecting. This meant the pressure stopped the solution going in easily and I only managed to get about 2/3 of it in before having to stop. I realised my mistake but by then it was too late so I stopped.

Has anyone had a similar situation? I’m going to call my hormone clinic tomorrow but any advice would be massively appreciated - I’m hoping I shouldn’t have any immediate side effects but will monitor myself and contact 111 if necessary :)

Been to 5 pharmacies in a day, all out of sustanon. Other people I know elsewhere are also unable to get a hold of any. Is this a sudden uk wide thing or is it just in Scotland right now? Kinda concerned as my levels aren’t used to this

I’m in the process of getting my vaginoplasty over in Spain, and we’ve penciled in April 2027 for my surgery date (assuming all goes well with the consultation and my pre-op tests)

I currently DIY my hormones and have done since December last, but only joined the waitlist for the Welsh Gender Service in August of this year. So if all goes to plan and I do get SRS in April, I’ll still be quite a bit away from reaching the front of that waitlist.

I’m assuming post SRS, seeing as my body would be incapable of producing testosterone, that the NHS would be able to offer me some form of HRT, although I don’t actually know if that’s the case or not.

So I guess I’m just wondering what the process is for me after I get SRS. Would my gp be able to prescribe me with HRT? If so how do I go about it? Do I contact them in advance or do I have to wait until after I’ve had SRS? Any sort of guidance on this front would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hi all,

Transwoman here, I've known it deep down ever since childhood, but only became honest with myself at around 19, came out to my mom, she freaked out, I went back in the closet (how the fuck does she think I just stopped having those thoughts- anyways...), 7 years later, I live with my brother, make my own money, might buy a house soon, not rich at all though (it's complicated), and just started the career I want to be in after years of trying (dev), came out to him, he's supportive, so I have someone supporting me socially at least.

Now, I am thinking about starting hrt, my only issue is always social, and work related. I do not know how people will react, I do not know how to even pass, or if I will ever pass at all (pretty tall, broad shoulders) etc. The usual stuff you might be tired of hearing (I've browsed these a few times...)

But here's the thing, what's there to lose?

Can't I just boymode consistently forever? I only have to hide boobs, right? And if I ever decide I want to detransition because of society being a hellhole, boobs are the only irreversible change (other than penis stuff, I don't care about that though).

Am I being dumb, or is it that simple of a choice (for me, that is)?

My main 2 issues are:

- Can I boymode forever? Or can hiding boobs become too hard? (Isn't a binder enough?)

- Am I missing any permanent side effects I might not want? Even if I do (very unlikely) decide to detransition, personally all the changes look positive and hideable to other people (other than breasts?)