I hadn’t yet changed my name legally, I told the clinician, as I hadn’t needed to change my passport or driving licence. I was then told that I needed to make the legal change and provide proof. Treatment would be postponed until I had done so – meaning a further delay of at least six months. There was no substantive reason given for this demand. At the time, I had been on hormones for eighteen months under the care of a private doctor. I had grown breasts and permanently removed my facial hair. The insistence that my legal name be changed before the NHS would take over my treatment seemed
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