In fourth grade I drew a heart and a girl's name with blue permanent marker on my chest because I had a crush on her, and I wanted to be with her forever.

My niece is in 3rd grade and "chose" to make a binding commitment yesterday. Yes, she was confirmed an eternal member of the mormon faith and it was definitely her own free will and choice.

Bullshit!!!

She still believes in Santa Claus. She has no idea what she committed to. She did it because of peer pressure and a desire to please her family with no idea of the lifelong consequences.

I think the idea of 8 year olds (or for that matter most 18 year olds) having any idea what to do with their lives, let alone their eternal life, is absurd.

I'm mostly just grateful that blue permanent marker wears off in about a week.

I'm on my 3 (4th next week just after my marriage), however it was mentioned it was gonna take a few more sessions. I'm already going to go ahead and do DIY if its gonna take months or they keep extending the amount of sessions (originally 3-4).

I'm considering jumping ship to another clinic if this is the route GP is gonna take with me and I don't see myself happy at the end if they keep prolonging it. My original 3 year waitlist (Thanks Monash) has already drained the life out of me and I'm getting physically sick waiting now from the GD and constant sleeping to avoid it.

Wondering if this is completely normal for NorthSide Clinic and if its better to go somewhere else. The GP is really nice but I might of mentioned too many past problems stemming from my GD.

• I might delete this I'm starting to believe the GP I'm seeing actually might not have the ability to do Informed Consent (I misheard them), I think I'm actually going through a psychologist if this is what the trend is starting look like.

• Thanks for all the help guys, gals and non binary pals. After reading through I have a clear idea of what direction might go. Its also a depressing to see everyone get their hormones so quickly while I'm stuck in either gatekeeping quagmire or doubting my hearing.

If it’s not informed consent I don’t want it. Crazy how we literally have to convince cissies. That we are mentally ill and will literally die if we don’t get on HRT. Shit is so bizarre. We have to convince them our lives are literally falling apart and dying.

I have joint custody and parenting time every weekend. The agreed order states notice of vacation must be given 30+ days in advance.

Mother found out of my wedding and notified me of a vacation during the date of my wedding. mother did not ask if the dates were ok; she booked vacation before notifying me. I informed her that I was getting married on the weekend she planned vacation, its a schedule conflict. I suggested and consented to any other week that doesnt overlap a holiday, and she is still planning on taking her on vacation regardless of my wedding.

being this is a life event (wedding), does the parenting coordinator get to decide on moms vacation request or can she just take it even without consent even with the schedule conflict?

Whenever a thread comes up about stroke, the repeated line is how rare stroke is and how there isn't a shown causal relationship between chiropractic and stroke. However, I know a lot of chiropractors who specifically mention stroke on their informed consent form (albeit with a line about how rare the occurrence is).

If stroke is this rare and not related, is it important to directly call it out? Do you also list out ever possible side effect like a list of bullet points, even the extremely rare ones that may not have a proven causal relationship with chiropractic? Will chiropractors mention stroke solely because of cultural reasons, and if so does that perpetuate the issue, or is there a good reason to mention stroke?

Curious to hear some thoughts!

My NP says my T levels were already low enough to the point where taking t blockers would just be a waste of money and unnecessary risk.

I'm currently 1 year on 0.1/mg day estradiol patch.

Am I missing out on anything, or am I okay?

Edit: thank you everyone for your responses. I was unsure before but now I am feeling a little more confident. I appreciate all your kindness :)

This is a very big issue for members that stumble across the true history and past teachings of the church long after they are baptized in the church. First of all, 8 year olds do not have the capacity to make an informed decision. No one should go through the temple without knowing what they are going to be asked to commit to. No one should take the word of someone who has a "good feeling" as being the truth. The church needs to lay it all out on the line so people can make an informed decision. If you're not sure what I mean, you can see the CES letter for starters.

Informed consent assumes that you need to acquire knowledge and it would be interesting to know what I need to know to achieve this.

Great report from the Human Right Watch. I would recommend reading the whole thing, but these sections stood out to me since they have long troubled me the most:

Judicial Independence

Former President Evo Morales weakened judicial independence during his almost 14 years in power. The 2009 constitution empowered voters to elect high court judges from lists created by the Plurinational Assembly; legislators from Morales’ party—the Movement toward Socialism (MAS, in Spanish)—packed the lists with its supporters. In 2010, all judges appointed before 2009 were deemed “temporary.” Scores were summarily removed.

During Morales’ government, prosecutors filed what appeared to be politically motivated charges against several of his political rivals.

About 80 percent of judges and prosecutors remain “temporary,” heightening the risk that, in order to remain in their positions, they will issue decisions  to please the authorities.

To further its interests, the government of President Áñez publicly pressured prosecutors and judges, leading to criminal investigations, many apparently politically motivated, of more than 150 people linked to the Morales government, for sedition, terrorism, or membership in a criminal organization.

After winning the October 2020 presidential election, Luis Arce, from MAS, said the justice system should be independent from politics. In November 2020, he established a commission of experts to propose reforms.

However, in February 2021, President Arce decreed an amnesty that opened the door to impunity for serious crimes and appeared designed to favor his supporters. In March, authorities detained Áñez and two of her former ministers on terrorism and other charges for their alleged participation in a coup against Morales in November 2019. In August, the attorney general accused Áñez of genocide in connection with two massacres that occurred during her government. Human Rights Watch examined the charging documents and did not find evidence that she had committed terrorist acts or genocide.

Áñez remained in pretrial detention as of November 3. In August, the United Nations Office in Bolivia called on the government to provide suicide prevention and other services to ensure her health.

Indigenous Rights

The 2009 constitution includes comprehensive guarantees of Indigenous peoples’ rights to collective land titling, intercultural education, prior consultation on development projects, and protection of I

Edit: my appointment is done now, update at the bottom.

This afternoon I have an online consultation with Equitas in Cincinnati about gender affirming healthcare. I have no idea what to expect and I’m very anxious about what will happen.

They advertise themselves as informed consent and everything I’ve heard about them has been good, but I still have no idea how it will go.

I’m a 21 year old trans (mtf) college student. Im not yet able to present female in any way and I want to start hrt to hopefully get some features that I like and hopefully be able to pass in the future. I’ve been thinking that I’m trans for almost ten years but only recently (about a year and a half) it has been a very serious feeling that I’m now 99.99% certain about. I haven’t started voice training yet (mostly from laziness) and everything about me looks male.

Im super worried that I might face unexpected gate keeping or be denied care for some reason (I have rather masculine hobbies and interests, I’m pretty much a tomboy in the wrong body).

All I’ve been able to do for transitioning so far has been shaving and getting some clothes that I don’t even wear outside of the house. My hair has barely started growing out from when I always kept it short. Im worried this won’t be enough.

Does anybody here have advise for what to expect? Are there certain questions I should make sure to ask? Is there anything I should avoid bringing up for fear of gatekeeping?

Edit: I probably should have mentioned that I don’t have a therapist yet and today will be my first time ever talking to a doctor about this.

Thank you for reading.

Summary: I’m scared about my consultation at Equitas for hrt. Looking for advice about what to expect or dos and don’ts.

Update: it went AWESOME. Got in the call (after a somewhat long wait) and they were super friendly. She just had me tell my story (she gave the opportunity to opt out of telling if I felt uncomfortable) and what I was hoping to get out of the visit. We then discussed how it will affect my body and risks and making sure everything was covered on my knowledge of things.

I’ll be going in person to pick up my estrogen (2mg twice a day) and get some vaccinations on Friday. No initial blood work which I find to be wired, but I’m already scheduled for blood work and a follow up in three months. Im not going on spiro from the very start and we decided to see how things progress with just estrogen for now.

Thank you too everyone who replied

Right now I'm on diy hormones. I know they've been working but I don't know what my T and E levels actually are. I really do want to just get the meds legit but this stuff profoundly scares me. I don't want other people to think that I'm trans. I want to get HRT and try to just live my life normally. I already have a ton of stressors going on in my life. I don't consider myself transgender cause I still see myself as male. Attempting to see myself as female sounds like a horrible idea because I'm just opening myself up to a lot of pain when it comes to invalidation. If I stay on the male side, then I can't get hurt.

I really want the people at the informed consent clinic to know that I am not trans. I need something that will make me feel safe. I think if they brought up something to do with my physical body that I would faint or run, scream, and cry at the same time. I just can't stand the utter humiliation that I would face there.

I know that I can still measure my blood levels without getting the meds legit. It's just that the blood test costs so god damn much and if I were getting it legit then I feel like I could worry a lot less. Using DIY HRT was mainly just for the relief and to feel like I can relax. If I could get it legit then I would be able to feel more relaxed. I have so many things that I need to deal with at the same time. I just want to get this over with so I can move onto the next thing.

When I delivered the checks today the broker mentioned casually if his admin assistant had already sent over the W9 form to sign via DocuSign. I said no - he said they’d send it over and basically it’s like a tax receipt for the security deposit. I just got the invitation to sign and it does have the W9 but also the New Jersey informed consent to dual agency form. From some googling apparently this is shady. Can anyone shed light?

I don’t want no damn GOBERMINT denying me medical care cuz of arbitrary guidelines

/hj luckily I am the perfect transsexual and the perfect candidate for surgery oh god please let me get this surgery oh god oh please oh fuck o

Hi.

I'd like to get on HRT, but i have a few questions / things i'd like help with / help understanding.

(edit: I am way over the age of 18, and have been thinking about this for a long time)

#A. GP

1. Any Suggestions for /experience with trans friendly GPs in Sydney (mainly western Sydney, Liverpool or Penrith)? need one that is willing to do the needed referrals

B. INFORMED CONSENT

1. Does the GP prescribe the HRT medications? or do they provide a referral to an endo?

• Does it need to be my GP? or can i see a different GP for it?
• Do i do the informed consent process with GP before they give me a referral? or does the endo do it when i see them? How many GP appointments should i expect to have before they provide a referral?
• Would it be correct for me to assume that an appointment with an endo is the end goal here? or is there anything else i need once i have that appointment to get the HRT?
• Overall, whats the quickest and simplest way to get onto HRT? Is this the right path for that?

C. Sperm Freezing / Fertility Preservation

1. Do i need anything other than a GP referral for Fertility preservation at Royal Women's Hospital?

• Is there a specific process GP needs to follow for that?
• Approx how many appointments do i need there? just one?

Thanks for any answers you can provide

Been lurking for ages here and all the advice from everyone helped me get to this stage, thank you all :)

i came out to my parents and told them i was on hormones(informed consent). can i get an hrt letter and doctor and do things that way while on informed consent?(atleast until i can get the letter in which i would stop using informed consent). basically my parents want me to do it that way, believing it to be more supervised and safer. I feel silly asking this but i dont want to stop hormones to wait.

hey, just some background- i’m 18 and pre hrt, but i want to get it soon. my plan is to go to an informed consent clinic like planned parenthood, but i don’t have a doctor right now since i turned 18 so my pediatrician stopped seeing me. would i need to get one before i make an appointment there?

also, i don’t have a job or anything so i’m still on my parents insurance. i don’t really know how that all works, so if i made an appointment and got hrt with planned parenthood, would they be able to see that? i’d like to avoid telling them before i’m on hrt just so they would be able to talk me out of it or prevent me from getting on it or anything like that. any advice on these two questions?

Even if just an orchi

I’m just wondering if your able to do informed consent via Telehealth online or if you need to visit in person to commence IC.

Some backstory, today I mentioned that I really really wanted to transition with my dad again (I have multiple times before) and we agreed on the goal of by christmas me getting HRT, I said okay but then asked that if I can't meet that deadline then can we get informed consent HRT for me due to my intense dysphoria (I have had many many panic attacks and such over dysphoria enough that I spent hours plucking out leg hair with tweezers once) and yet his response was just saying that delays will happen and "this is the rest of your life, we aren't taking shortcuts" which to me sounded almost like he was saying he didn't think I was trans, which considering he is AFAB and transitioned kind of felt really like he was saying that I was not valid in it. He then went on about how his own surgeries were at some points delayed as a justification for why, which kind of sounds like he is saying I have to suffer more because he did, which just made me feel worse, does anyone know how I can possibly convince him that it isn't just some shortcut and a kind of cheat way, since I am near getting the not FDA regulated HRT at this point (even memorised the website)