Originally Posted by Kristin A
No, they don't require three months of counseling or RLE. They used to.
SOC 7 -
1. Persistent, well-documented gender dysphoria;
2. Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to consent for treatment;
3. Age of majority in a given country (if younger, follow the Standards of Care outlined in section
VI);
4. If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be reasonably wellcontrolled.
She was prescribed spiro (which is pretty safe) by endocrinologist. In my mind that is pretty good medical care - it is not like she is self medicating,
As far as rushing - I started HRT only a month after my first time out in public. I am sure many of us can be accused of going to fast and not considering how it effects other people, that we are ignoring how they feel about it, by people in our lives.
In college - maybe she can be reasonably passable and lives in a state where you can change your gender marker on your divers license or state ID without surgery (she is young, hrt can do have amazing effect when young), if she transitions now she could graduate as herself and enter the job market as her gender, without having to go through all the difficulty trying to transition at a job. Why create more history as a man? Really I think if she is considering transition starting hrt now is the thing to do. Why wait.
