r/transgenderUK

Hello everyone! Hope your all having a lovely day.

I’m going to Center parks with my girlfriend and her family for her birthday on the 1st of may. I was wondering if anyone knew the rules on swimming? I normally wear some trunks and tape to go swim but not entirely sure what they think of this after the new policy on changing rooms came out.

Highlights include scaremongering about DIY treatment, blaming hrt for mental health, refusing support for said reason and implying suicide is an acceptable risk. Really vile stuff.

For context my friend is trans, I am not. My friend left his appointment distraught because of their refusal to help him and for some reason the social worker decided she could bs me with her transphobic rhetoric (or maybe she thought I'd agree because I'm cis?). Really bizarre stuff.

The recording also highlights how transphobia within the NHS is institutional.

https://bsky.app/profile/transactualuk.bsky.social/post/3milsl7kok22i

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Big Craig - Suspicious

td;lr another completely unrelated youtuber potentially joins the transphobic propaganda pipeline for views

I watch a youtube channel called Big Craig. He covers mostly TLC shows like 600 lb life

Today I noticed he released a video about Lily Tino.

He used Jeffree Star and JK Rowling as examples of call outs and achknowleged JK Rowling as merely "controversial" but said "I have a niece and if she was in the bathroom with Lily blah blah"

That doesn't justify using the biggest transphobe as evidence Lily is bad???

I am tired of youtubers hopping on the transphobic pipeline for views by painting the like, 5 infamous bad apples as the whole community.

When your evidence is the most transphobic people, you're directing your viewers to those people.

Comments are all transphobic and absolutely not Lily exclusive either so it worked.

Am I overreacting here or is this genuinely at worst calculated and at best incredibly naive attempt to trend hop for views without understanding much about the community itself?

They make these videos like call outs are necessary (which incinuates our community has Lily's running around unchecked or something) but every trans person hates her so what's the point? Why not use trans people as an example calling her out? Why only phobes? I just dont think its accidental personally.

Hello, are there any good plus sized women's sites in the UK? I've been using Torrid, but shipping from the US takes forever. Thanks

Hi all, I’ve just had a really odd (and worrying) interaction with my GP surgery and wanted to see if others have had the same recently?

I went to collect my testogel prescription as usual from my nominated pharmacy and it wasn’t logged at all on their system despite it being GP approved on the nhs app. I then called my GP prescriptions line and have just been informed that ‘new guidance’ says that if your NHS Spine name does not match (I assume) your legal name, they are now unable to send prescriptions electronically for collection?

I’m appalled honestly if this is the case, but haven’t seen anything about similar guidance being discussed by other people and also do not see why this would be the case if you retain the same nhs number.

Has anyone else had this happen? Particularly recently? Apologies if there has been discussion and I’ve just missed it.

hi! i'm a trans girl just looking into voice feminisation but i'm getting kinda confused about resonance. i (believe i) understand what it is, but i don't know what i'm working towards, i.e. after doing enough exercises (big dog, small dog or whatever else) what should i be able to do with my voice and how will i be able to tell if i'm making progress? thanks in advance!

I thought this was a really interesting video/analysis that was worth sharing wider.

Hello!! I need some help, please, since im like REALLY REALLY new to stuff like this. ^_^

I have a private diagnosis of gender incongruence, and my first appointment at the Gender hormone clinic is at June 4th.

But what im really worried about is the monthly payment each month which is £55, I'm from a poor background and currently do not have a job (Looking for one rn) but would there be ANY chance of me being able to transfer the HRT treatment and bloods entirely to the gp?

I had no issue doing my bloods there at all, as they do it every week, and they happily accepted my letter to do the bloods and check them too. They also have my diagnosis of gender incongruence too- so would this be possible to transfer the care to my GP? I have no issue paying £10 a month for the HRT, it's the monthly payment of treatment from the GHC that is hard to pay and too much and maybe transferring the treatment and monitoring to my GP would be way easier and less hassle!

Could anyone in the comments help me with this issue or guide me how to do this? some sort of help would be thankful or advice!

Heya all

At the moment I'm being investigated for PCOS. They have me down for an ultrasound next.

I'm worried that if I am diagnosed with it, it will affect getting a dysphoria diagnosis or anything?

Also, how would treatment for it look, since I don't want anything that blocks testosterone/blocks the masculinising parts. I'm only want to be treated for the mood stuff and the weight stuff if it turns out to be PCOS

Thanks in advance :]

Hii all,

I've previously posted about my license expiring next summer. I'm wondering if I should get a D1 form or just allow the thing to expire and not renew until after I've begun my transition?

My main concern would be if I just changed the gender marker, that would still have my deadname thus outing me to anyone who asked ( which is rare ) for it... Option two would be my best bet, right??

Hi Everyone,

I'm 34, based near Sheffield but can travel.

I've been transitioning (M2F) for around 4 years now on and off and really struggling to keep a constant supply of estrogen enthanate on hand, between being rubbish with crypto and everywhere being constantly out of stock.

This is severely delaying my transition as I can go 3 months at a time without E and then everything I've achieved starts to shift backwards again, Including my mental health and self image/confidence.

ideally I'd like to do monotherapy without a blocker as I've had mixed results in the last with them, but not sure what is available.

Can anyone suggest private clinics that would get me back on E consistently in as quick a time scale as possible?

My last injection was Feb so sooner rather than later would be ideal as I. really starting to feel depressed again; I think gender GP seems to be quickest but there's so many problems with them if sooner skip if possible.

I'm looking at Anne+ but the subscription model is confusing and not sure if it's the best value for money.

Financially I do have some savings I'm happy to spend be that the initial joining fee/ongoing monthly payments but still don't want to throw money away, but I'm happy to get what's right not what's cheap

Thanks in advance

I've recently got my name changed via deed poll and have a new provisional license with my new name on it, and I am incredibly happy with this.

Banks were generally very good with this and updated everything reasonably quickly, but today I’ve tried to go through klarna support and they are refusing to change my name because they apparently do not accept my provisional license, and don’t find my deed poll to be valid either. They want a FULL drivers license or a passport with my updated name as well as a deed poll, and I am now looking at my options.

Can I send them to the ICO / Financial Ombudsman for this? Has anyone else had trouble dealing with them? I am just so fed up with all the hoops I have to jump around for what should be an easy change.

Hello, do and of you guys wear chains and bracelets? I’m wondering whether a rope or cuban is more masculine and would like advice. I know cis men wear both but I’m not sure on which would make me look more masculine and what size

So I’m ftm and pretty sure I have atrophy, I have almost all symptoms and know I’m gonna need topical estrogen to help this, but I can’t bare any sort of medical exam to do with that area due to dysphoria (I won’t even let my girlfriend put her finger in me). I was just wondering if I can be prescribed it without having someone see or examine anything. I’m worried if I mention it and refuse an exam that my testosterone will be stopped.

CW ⚠️: mild violence mentioned, mental health (not graphic), also posted on r/trans

I (ftm, 18) have had a bit of a shit experience with coming out. It took two attempts, almost 6 years apart, and both ended with violence against me — albeit mild. I’m thankful that my parents have now come around, but now I feel like I’m the one struggling with my identity more than ever.

I came out with more finality a few months back, and the result was that I was disowned by a parent on the spot. I then got disowned/re-owned multiple times over a few days. I got frustrated, cut my hair, ended up with a concussion because of it. Thankfully, it blew over and things returned to normal(ish).. but part of me regrets it. Being able to finally transition feels like a weight lifted off me, but now every time I think about my trans identity I can hardly think about anything but the rejection and fear that I felt. I feel so ungrateful for saying this but it’s as though my parent’s initial reaction has warped how I see myself to such an extent that I question if this is right for me. They may not agree, but they’re no longer stopping me from transitioning and I am aware not everyone has this privilege.

It just doesn’t feel completely worth it, and it really has me questioning myself now. Shouldn’t I be happy to finally be more authentic? Am I not actually trans because I have regrets now? Truthfully, I fell into a pretty bad depressive episode after coming out and dropped out of the education I was in — now I feel like I’m trying to put my life back together via comically small fragments. I go in the wrong room in my house and I swear I can still hear the ringing in my ears.

I’m self-funding HRT and hope to start in a few months, but now I have doubts. I don’t feel better for coming out, in fact in a lot of ways I feel more trapped than ever before and have never wanted more to just… start fresh. Somewhere, anywhere, I’m not sure I care. I feel so overdramatic, my coming out was not that bad in the grand scheme of things, and yet I feel so incredibly alone.

Has anyone ever regretted coming out? Is this a sign that I’m not trans? Did I fuck up my relationship with my family for nothing?

I started a new job recently and I'm kind of in the middle of transitioning (MtF). I've grown my hair out and I try to shave/skincare to look more feminine. I think I've achieved androgyny which is awesome. I'm not fully out though; I'm kind of just doing it while still answering to my deadname.

Anyway, I'm at a point now where without my voice, it's not easy for others to figure out which gender I am lol. I've noticed some customers staring at me even though they don't need me. I'll ask if they're alright and need anything, to which they say no. It's a weird mix of affirming and frightening lol.

Yesterday though, my back was turned and a little kid was trying to get my attention. He called me miss and it took me a second to realise he was talking to me. I didn't let it show, but I was so giddy inside!

It's been such a slow and gradual process to get where I'm at now, but even when I'm alone I'm starting to see me as my gender.

Life can be so crappy times, but little moments like that are beautiful 💚