transition uk questions!! tavistock and portman clinic.

[vanessa1189]

I am 16 and am going to my first appointment in london tomorrow. I really want hormone blockers to stop puberty so I can think about things. Do you think they will be able to refer me for hormone blockers after the one appointment??

Also I am hoping to transition this summer but not do anything physical (apart from the blockers), or change name legally and gender kegally. I still want people to call me she and vanessa but I dont want to make a mistake which is why I want the blockers so I can stop worrying about my body changing and actually be able to think. Am I aloud to go abroad with my male passport but be a girl physically, as long as the picture looks like me in the passport??? Will I get stopped?

[mrs izzy]

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[pebbles]

I am 16 and am going to my first appointment in london tomorrow. I really want hormone blockers to stop puberty so I can think about things. Do you think they will be able to refer me for hormone blockers after the one appointment??

This is extremely unlikely, If my all experience with the uk health system is worth anything they will be apathetic/vaguely hostile to you, and will not even consider helping you until your 2nd/3rd appointment. Whitch if my other experiences are accurate will take another 1/2 years to get.

Also I am hoping to transition this summer but not do anything physical (apart from the blockers), or change name legally and gender kegally. I still want people to call me she and vanessa but I dont want to make a mistake which is why I want the blockers so I can stop worrying about my body changing and actually be able to think. Am I aloud to go abroad with my male passport but be a girl physically, as long as the picture looks like me in the passport??? Will I get stopped?

Depends where your going and the nature of how you present yourself, I've never tried this personally.

[TamarasWay]

I find this appalling that given the current state of scientific understanding that a child cannot obtain appropriate medical treatment, especially with parental support.  You *do* have parental support, don't you?