Watson

They don't assess, they "affirm". I am lucky that I already was in a marriage at that time, so naturally I was very careful about the decisions I was making as they would affect not just me. And it gave me time to think again if transition is really something I can't live without

And no, I wasn't informed of any other possibilities why I could have gd. And I wasn't offered any other treatments other than transition. I said that I wanted it, and they just said ok, you can have it. Maybe they just don't have any other guidelines, but they really should

My kid was given an official GD diagnosis by a very respected psychologist, but since there is no scale of severity or researched treatment (aside from transitioning), he recommended continuing to treat the extreme depression and anxiety. He emphasized management over treatment.

It was always easier for me to imagine any problems I had with obvious sexism and misogyny were actually my own fault, (or "that woman's fault) than to see the truth, that most people I've met are deeply patriarchal and sexist and many are deeply misogynistic. 1/

If the abuse was due to a mistake on the part of the victim, then I could imagine there was a right way to behave for a woman to have her human rights respected, I just hadn't figured it all out yet. When I changed my mind about gender I finally realized the problem isn't me. 2/