How long did it take you to finish medical and legal transition?

[Pupa4Clownfish]

When I take a look at some of my life goals apart from transitioning, namely moving to Japan to be a teacher, I realized that making the move 2 years from now is the most seamless timing I could ask for. That being said, considering I haven't even begun any of my transition stuff, I was wondering if it is realistic to hope I could be done with necessary surgeries and the paperwork required to change my gender in that timeframe. How long did it take some of you to finish? I realize that transition is more than just surgeries and paperwork, but those are the things I feel need to be completed before moving.


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[Tammy Jade]

So it varies greatly from country to country.

I had my first session with my therapist in January, I completed my legal transition on the 14th of August.

My physical transition is still ongoing so I can't comment.

Like I said it varies from country to country in Australia the legal side was quite straight forward.

Now just waiting for the hormones to finish there magic.


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[Julia1996]

It's taken 2 years for me. I've been in hrt for 2 years, socially and medically transitioned. My name and gender have been legally changed. I have SRS scheduled for 2018.

[HappyMoni]

When I take a look at some of my life goals apart from transitioning, namely moving to Japan to be a teacher, I realized that making the move 2 years from now is the most seamless timing I could ask for. That being said, considering I haven't even begun any of my transition stuff, I was wondering if it is realistic to hope I could be done with necessary surgeries and the paperwork required to change my gender in that timeframe. How long did it take some of you to finish? I realize that transition is more than just surgeries and paperwork, but those are the things I feel need to be completed before moving.


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I would keep in mind the arranging part of things, the wait times. If you want surgery before you go, I would be arranging for  therapist letters now. I would be looking at getting on consult wait lists for surgeons you have in mind. These  can be long for the better surgeons. In most cases they want one year real life experience for the surgeon to do surgery. If you want it to happen the time to start acting, arranging is now. Good luck to u.
Moni
If you look down you can get an idea of my time line.

[Barb99]

At age 59 I decided to start HRT. 9 months later I went full time. Three months after that my name change was complete and 11 months after going full time my SRS was complete. Pretty much 2 years from making the decision to transition to being fully recovered and enjoying life.

[Dayta]

I was 56 when I began HRT after 10 years of figuring out what I wanted to do.  About 6 months in, I got a letter from my physician which I took to court a month later and received my new legal name and gender.  I took these to the DMV and SSA that day and applied for my passport about two weeks later.  Once I had my passport back, I met with my HR rep at work and planned a transition there, which took about two months to prepare for.  I don't as yet have any plans for surgery, but it was just about a year for everything. 

Once I had a plan, it went remarkably fast, but that's one of the reasons we live in California.  The hardest part was starting, and two men influenced me greatly in that regard. My father passed away a year and a half ago, and I think it was the relief of not having to face him with my struggle that allowed me to choose to move forward.  And then in November, the prospects of being able to make a transition under a Trump administration seemed to be threatened, so we decided to go as fast as we can.  In retrospect, I guess I'm grateful for those stimuli. 

Erin