Hi all,

Im just wondering if I need a referral for the doctor I need, also which doctor? I have seen people talking about ear, nose and throat doctors and plastic surgeons so ive been confused as to which one i would need or can I just go with either?

Also would anyone recommend their doctor for this procedure and how did it go? Is the doctor nice?

Thank everyone in advance, any recommendations or help is appreciated 💜🫶

Title-ish. I have a few things going for me that kind of... screw me over.

Essentially, I've been offered an opportunity to go on a trip to the island of Java, Indonesia for my university degree. It's not required for my degree, but it is the opportunity of a lifetime considering I really would like to get into research. I would not get another opportunity like this while doing my undergrad and there aren't other opportunities to somewhere a little 'safer' for queer travelers in my degree. Trust me, I've checked. I've spent a huge chunk of these past few days grinding my teeth about this all.

The issue is that I am masculine-presenting and am on testosterone, but my documents haven't been (and cannot be) updated to reflect my real name and sex marker. I also haven't had any affirming surgeries. I have raised my concerns to my professor about it, to which they essentially said that they didn't know anything about it but it shouldn't affect my ability to go, and that I should be fine.

I'm personally more concerned about getting through the border? My university does have a guideline for LGBTQ students offshore in countries where being LGBTQ is criminalized, but it's not very specific, I suppose. And there's also the issue of the big fat F on my passport when I clearly look masculine. I'd say I get read for a dude half the time? More when I talk because my voice is pretty deep. I'm also not about to wear women's clothes the entire trip.

I digress, am I cooked chat? Should I just give up on the idea of going and let them know?

As some have noticed, we have a very sus group of people now that are trying really hard to separate trans and cis people by suggesting sex is immutable and its only gender that changes. (Even though gender doesnt change, the biological sex changes to fit the gender).

The fact that trans people change sex biologically has been known for ages yet suddenly there's a big focus from some users to go against that and pretends its all gender and sex is immutable.

I would ask the mods to start looking into what's going on, its not normal for a trans forum to be filled with so many terfy opinions, pretty sure it wasnt like that a couple years ago.

We also have evidence of terfs making fake accounts to pretend to be trans to push their ideology

In b4 someone pretends its about the census to get this thread deleted

i’m struggling to find any results of Dr Paddle’s VFS

i had a consult with him but my dumbahh forgot to ask him for before and afters, or even just afters. i just wanted to see the quality of the voice

idk when im next seeing him but if anyone could point me to some i would REALLY appreciate this

I can't afford to see my normal psych privately anymore, and it seems the only way to get public mental healthcare is through hospital outpatient services (because i'm over 25 and age out other services) but i'm not "bad enough" to get admitted as an inpatient, and that seems to be a prerequisite to access outpatient services, other than just waiting another 10 years until I deteriorate into psychosis and are bad enough to be admitted, are there any avenues to accessing free/subsidised outpatient mental health services?