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Why gender-affirming care requires jumping through hoops

I want top surgery but my therapist keeps asking if I'm 'sure enough' and I'm starting to doubt myself even though I've wanted this for years.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Medical gatekeeping forces you to perform certainty about an identity that may naturally evolve.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Non-binary and genderqueer identity?”

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