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way too many previous appointments to justify not being on HRT already: check
letter full of complaints mirroring mine to a T from the country's biggest LGBT advocacy organization: check
credible threat of self medication: check
backup plan in case I get denied anyway: check
fucks given: completely gone

let's do this

trans gatekeeping (~+) 

update: fortunately didn't need to pull out the big guns to push things in a more favorable direction, one last appointment before HRT most likely happens

trans gatekeeping (~+) 

@Thaminga good luck. self medding was the best option for me for 3 or 4 years

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@kit yeah, like

the only outcomes of this next appointment are going to be self-medication or going through things the official way, like hell am I not going to go on HRT after this lmao

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