hello, I'm very exited, in about a week i got my appointment to get hrt. I doubt ill get it since at my age i need consent from both parents being in Australia and I'm only out to my mum.

Is there any tips on what i should say to maybe get hrt even though its doubtful ill be able to get it. If this does not work I'm going to do diy hrt probably.

Also if i dont get hrt and i probably wont I'm going to tell the doctor that this is not healthcare, its only restricting me from getting what i need. welp hopefully i get my estrogen.

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[–] [S] 8 points 5 months ago (21 children)

Ive done plenty of reading and research on DIY, I probably wont be able to do it anyway as I have nowhere to deliver the hrt to that wont get me caught. I'm going to do what I'm going to do, and on that note I think people should be trying to make diy safer, more about reducing the risks if we do end up doing it rather than just telling people no. Because like i said, I'm going to do what I'm going to do, and that does not just go with me.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Under 18 are on hormones all the time, it's called puberty.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago* (6 children)

    Why is it fine for trans youth to have the wrong hormones but having the right hormones is somehow a bad thing?

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    There is no biological reason to choose 18 as a cut-off. It is entirely a product of how our societies are structured. Without that specific structure where 18 is considered legal maturity that age would not be chosen as a cut-off.

    As such this is not a medically motivated recommendation, but a legally motivated one. And as such this recommendation is not in the patient's best medical interest. It's the medical professionals covering their asses.

    It's medical malpractice.

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    Anytime any magical recommendation references an age as a hard cut-off instead of physical attributes like weight or developmental stage it's bullshit. The body doesn't follow a strict time line.

    The very fact that natal puberty starts at very different ages should make it glaringly obvious that any hormone related discussion cannot and must not be age dependent.

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    your replies probably got deleted because you peddle medical misinformation, whether on purpose or not.

    It doesn't take advanced knowledge of human biology to note that the legal age of majority is fairly arbitrary and not based on any significant biological change. And while it is 18 in most jurisdictions for most purposes, it is not the same everywhere, again, because it is arbitrary. Any medical advice that uses that as a cut-off should immediately raise massive red flags. The fact that you casually ignore that is already concerning.

    Then you say studies show that HRT is contraindicated for minors, which again, is incorrect. Studies show that HRT for trans adolescents reduces risk of depression and suicide:

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11289353/

    If you were arguing in good faith you should probably reexamine your understanding of a bunch of things. And maybe use a search engine yourself before telling others to do so.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    thats a very harmful take imo

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    Why should we force trans youth to go through puberty when they don't have to? Unnecessary trauma. So many trans people wish they could have started when they were teenagers

    Being trans, they already have enough of a tough road ahead of them. Why make it any harder than it has to be?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    What the hell. Please think about your gate keeping and how massively harmful such gate keeping is.

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