How would you rate your treatment by the following?

[Kelly J. P.]

I don't have an endo per se; my general practitioner does that, and she has been wonderful-and-a-half. My psychiatrist is the other person I see, and I would say that he's more or less useless, always late, and rushes his sessions, so I put poor. It's okay, though; he seems to be willing to approve me for surgery. It is said that he is biased because he appears to treat the passable patients better than those that are not... I feel a little bad knowing that I win his favour because of that, but I can' complain.

Rambleramble.

[eli77]

It is said that he is biased because he appears to treat the passable patients better than those that are not... I feel a little bad knowing that I win his favour because of that, but I can' complain.

Hardly unique to your psychiatrist. That's sort of a general feature of humanity. I was fast-tracked by my current therapist because of it. I get treated better by pretty much everyone who knows about me because of it. I watch professionals misgender other trans folks who don't pass well enough and stumbling to correct themselves. I'm fine with skipping that. I got hurt enough in other ways.

[Anatta]

Kia Ora,

I guess because the psyche assessors are only 'human' their biases will come into play when assessing a candidate for surgery etc...But I suppose on the other hand they have to assess the candidate's overall chances of them being able to slot comfortably into society with the lease amount of problems...It's not the correct approach to dealing with trans-peoples issues[as we all know its root is internal-how one feels on the inside-regardless of how one looks on the outside] but it happens and no doubt will continue to happen for years to come...

This also seemed to be the case here in NZ when they select people for government funded surgery...I can understand the 'reasoning' behind their selection process, the more ones physical appearance fits ones target identity the less likely they will have problems when interacting in society...

However even some of those who do blend in still have emotional hang ups that can lead to regrets, but I guess this is less likely than those who don't quite blend-in and whose problems with assimilation tend to occur on a daily bases-this can greatly increase the chances of them regretting their decision to have surgery...

But all the same an interesting point you brought up Kelly...

Metta Zenda