Hello, I have recently come out to some of my close family as trans and they have been very supportive. My hope now though is that I will perhaps be allowed to be excused from PE (Physical Education) at school on account of the dysphoria it gives me. The school has not yet had any indication however that I am trans, so if it were to be mentioned would I be allowed? Is there any sort of legal paperwork/diagnoses that I will need?
I live in Scotland and I'm not sure yet as to where the members of this forum are predominantly from, but I imagine it will be more or less the same everywhere.
Thank you :)
I doubt that you'll be able to miss completely, but if you requested an alternate place to get changed then I'm sure they'd be ok with that.
Maybe sitting out of some activities would be ok, but legally you have to do PE :/
I still present as female at the moment and as non-binary to several very close friends, so changing somewhere else would unfortunately not be something I'd be much more comfortable with.
It's the lesson itself that is the trouble for me (scant PE kit, practically all girls class etc...) but I guess you're right. Thank you for the quick reply :)
I understand your pain. I hated locker rooms. There was nothing worse than a room full of obnoxious men and since we had WAY more time than needed to change, they would result into bullying the weak. That would include me and others. I was always concerned about being seen in my underwear. And at the time I had been repressing my trans status. I was completely unaware of it even though it had present itself several times throughout my K-12 education.