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If you tell the truth to GIC doctors, don't suddenly be surprised when you're gatekept or simply rejected. UK doctors are miles behind in where they should be and are still tempted to think trans *might* be a fetish. You don't have to create an elaborte lie about your history, just be economical with the truth and scroll your terminology back 10 years.
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Theyre not your therapist, not your friend, not there to tell you if youre trans or not. Youre there to get hormones and/or surgery, so make sure you get them, they dont have the right to deep interrogation of your private life. Give them the answers theyre looking for. Stop trusting them.
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If you have to define yourself into a box temporarily to fit their narrow views, thats what you have to do. Its only going to be a few hours in your life total, and youre never going to see them again. A lot of non-binary people get rejected because of their identity sounding unclear to the GICs, so lie. Trans woman or trans man. It sucks, but fuck them, get your hormones.