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The new AUSPath standards of care have made a note to use language like testosterone and oestradiol hormone therapies instead of masculinising and feminising hormones.

I've previously found masculinising and feminising useful descriptive words to use with patients and also found that my patients tend to use these words too. I can see however that non-binary or agender people might not necessarily identify with these words.

On the other hand I think masculinising and feminsing are more social descriptors consistent with gender as a social construct and testosterone and oestradiol based hormones feels very medicalising/pathologising to me.

I'd love to know what this community thinks.

I’m admittedly not doing amazingly after this but just wanted to share what happened to me here.

I’m 16 turning 17 in a few weeks and went to see a gp because once I turn 18 I would want to get top surgery because I am non-binary & transmasc. I am not out to most people and am fem presenting until I move out.

I was told upon arriving that the gp I requested wasn’t available for some reason, the receptionist asked if I was okay with seeing someone else so I ended up waiting an hour and a bit for the different gp.

The GP asked me what was wrong and I said that I was looking for a referral for a surgeon about top surgery, and had to explain that I was trans and wanted a double mastectomy.

The doctor said, and I quote. 'don't mind me but who put that idea into your head, that you need to become a boy?’ to which I said ‘oh haha well I’ve always known, anyways…’

then he said this. ’but you know when I look at you I see a.. a female. And I think you're a *very* attractive young woman, among 16, 17, 18 year olds at least. I just wanted you to know that, okay?’ and went on to state that he was sixty.

he said I would need psychiatric help so spent 5-10 minutes to find a clinic to refer me to although I was not asking for that at this stage. Then, after persistant requesting he referred me to a surgeon.

In the referrals, he wrote:

’[Name] is after becoming a male. And she is after counselling about bilateral mastectomy as a part of her plan for transgender.

Please for appropriat counselling and treatment for any related psychological issues.’ (the spelling and grammar is a part of it, I copied it word for word.)

he also said that ‘well yeah but you know after 5 years you could go ‘ah I wish I didn’t do that!’ and ’you’re not sad, are you? Youve only been replying with yesses and no’s.’

(he went on to say some other things too but I may have dissociated through it)

Anyways, if he is reading this, I didn’t say anything to you directly but under no circumstances should you, a 60 year old doctor, be telling a 16 year old that has just told you that they are transgender that you think they are an ‘attractive young woman’. I think that much is common sense.

and for anyone situated in Melbourne who may be reading this, perhaps think twice before going to Dr Yossry Hanna.

just started, and it's definitely helping with sleep!! there was a post about 2 years ago where people didn't know, and google isn't helping much, so i wanted to make another one!

do we know anything more about progesterone as hrt for trans women and transfems in 2026? :P

I know there has been a lack of communication around this but Holdsworth House Brisbane is effectively closed now. Fiona Bisshop, Kate Evans and Graham Lister will work with Stonewall Windsor until we can set up a new premises (Stonewall Fortitude Valley).

Victoria Featherstone is going to work at Gender Health Australia instead of Holdsworth House but will still be working part-time only. Rhys Young is taking a break from clinical work to focus on teaching.

We are hopeful the owners of Holdsworth House Brisbane (a corporate entity called momentum) will send out details about this next week but we don't have any control over that.

Anyone wanting to make an appointment with Fiona, Kate or Graham can call Stonewall Windsor for now but please be patient and understanding that we are receiving a very large volume of calls at the moment.

Anyone know of any good places? I don't want to online/telehealth stuff as I live in an apartment and would rather not be heard by people around me for the time being.

Was thinking of using telehealth so i can get a referral to the clinic I'm going to so i can access the medicare rebate. Has anyone managed to successfully use services like Updoc to get referrals to specific specialist clinics for treatment?

I recently talked with my therapist about medically transitioning. I’m 17 and a binary trans male. I can’t do anything without parental consent, but they recommended I find a specialist to talk to so they know me already by the time I turn 18 and can consent to HRT. They gave me some recommendations, but I’d also like to get some input from people who might have gone through with it already.

My parents aren’t crazy about it, so I want to make it easier on them, financially at least. Is there some way to get the cost of HRT or top surgery covered? I have no experience with this kind of thing, so I’m really not sure where to start. I’d also like to know which places are of better quality, or have shorter wait times, or have experience with young people. Just want to see what would fit my situation best.

One final question: Is there some way I can get top surgery sooner? I was surprised to learn from my therapist that you need to be evaluated by 2 psychologists or one physician. I’m kind of worried about that, because I already have a hard time putting my thoughts into words. It was something I was hoping to get done much sooner.

hi i’ll go to a uni there soon, i wonder if hrt there is accessible enough for non citizens? also in my home country i’ve been diy-ing my t shots for the past 3 years on and off since it’s easy to access the grey market here lol

edit: btw i dont plan on bringing t to australia obviously

I rarely start threads anywhere, but I had to tell someone. For years I always thought 'every guy wants to be a girl', did all the usual things thinking it was just some 'thing' you played around with, until realised more and more, the envy of women was depressing me - why can't I do that, or be them or look like them.

So finally did something. Started therapy a year ago, come 'out' to my wife saying this is something actually serious and that I think about every day, had the GP appointments (told her about them) and got the prescription this week.

Just took my first tablet. Excited, nervous and scared (you know, just because of everyone else). But I NEED to see if this is how I can be happy, less angry, more content.

Even though I've been a quiet lurker, the posts here made me feel not alone. So thank you all my 'anonymous' transau siblings.

I guess I should find a local community to say hi to, one day.

Hello, I am trying to find an option that isn’t Uber or taxi to get home after my top surgery. Does anyone know if using a service for non-emergency medical transfers is also prohibited? For example Blue Diamond Transfers offers hospital discharge transport. Is the focus more so that someone has to come inside and sign me out like a library book?

I would much prefer paying for a service than put myself into an even more vulnerable position asking someone for a ride home.

Any advice or suggestions?

Hello, I've been growing my hair out for the past 8 months and it's finally at a point where i can get a feminine haircut are there any barbers/salons that are trans-friendly in Melbourne?

Am I missing something?! How do you get a plastic wrap to stick to cream on your face?!?!

All the guides and helpful tips for electrolysis say to liberally apply numbing cream and then cover with a plastic wrap, as if that’s self explanatory. I really feel like I’m missing something here, like I need to add the wiki how illustrations of what “covering with plastic wrap” looks like on your head

I think I’m just going to apply a thick layer and suffer through wearing that in the uber?

I’ve got my first electrolysis session this afternoon, wish me luck everyone 😅

I put in an order for my script online, and then a few hours later, I missed a call from them and received an email asking me to ring back.

I spent an hour on hold yesterday and am currently on hold again today. Are they understaffed or something? Has anyone else had any trouble with them?

It feels like we've made progress in terms of recognition but I've recently come across a few things that may be the reason why there's no service commissioning of gender affirming surgeries in public hospitals and how it's still misclassified.

[1] Public hospitals fund procedures based on Activity Based Funding which are based on the AR-DRGS that map to the ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS codes. In the AR-DRG version 12 manual appendices and the descriptions document I found the ICD-10-AM code F64 Gender Incongruence is mapped to MDC 19 which is Mental Diseases and Disorders and then it also sits under the Adjacent DRG U67 which is Personality Disorders and Acute Reactions. This all sits under the medical treatment partition which excludes surgical interventions.

https://www.ihacpa.gov.au/health-care/classification/admitted-acute-care/ar-drgs

The current ICD-11-HA60 has moved it out of mental health classification and into sexual health. It's not clear when the ihacpa will adopt the new updated classification. The other important aspect is why haven't public hospitals commissioned gender affirming surgeries previously?

[2] I received a response from the National Health and Medical Research Council regarding an FOI and they only found one document that mentions gender incongruence in adults. There seems to be no clinical framework in Australia for gender affirming surgeries. They rely on general guidelines such as informed decision making, the AusPATH guideliens on HRT and the WPATH standards of care.

I think these two aspects are highly relevant to the systemic barriers when receiving clinically indicated treatment in public hospitals, as there's no clearly defined referral pathway, no multidisciplinary assessment, treatment and aftercare. I would love to hear from people.

after the tragedy of Carolina cafe de-queering itself, does anyone know what’s going to happen to the events that were booked there? specifically the transmasc night, I’m so devo I didn’t go to the last one :’(

also are there any other queer cafes in Melbourne?