true, then again, communities find figures and pull them to thier side when they cant talk for themselves
i dont think she was trans, she was simply a young woman walking her own path in a very mysogynistic time, she took on something no woman could... at the time, it required a bit of crossdressing to do it...
heck, kiera Knightlys character in pirates of the caribean crossdresses... does that make her character trans? dont think so
and happy new year to you too
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This thread is getting far too silly with too many people that arn't transssexual being listed all the time.

quite, weve run out of  ->-bleeped-<-s! throw all the maybes on the fire!
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Quote from: Rachael on December 18, 2007, 06:23:02 AM
James Curtis: f2m uk private gender therapist... (one of the only here)

Dont you mean Richard Curtis??

Quote from: Jaston on January 02, 2008, 09:53:21 AM

Quote from: Rachael on December 18, 2007, 06:23:02 AM
James Curtis: f2m uk private gender therapist... (one of the only here)

Dont you mean Richard Curtis??

Yes, I think she meant Richard Curtis (F to M and formerly Vanda Curtis) who was a GP and is now a gender therapist and is based in London: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/09/ntran09.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/09/ixhome.html

hmm... swore i put richard!
yeah, f2m, which considering the ammounts he charges... as a transperson in the uk, he should know how NOT rich most trans people are... his prices are extortionate as he knows how desperate his client base is... not cool.
martine: not cool, how would you like someone bandying your former name around?
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Quote from: Rachael on January 02, 2008, 11:44:20 AM
hmm... swore i put richard!
yeah, f2m, which considering the ammounts he charges... as a transperson in the uk, he should know how NOT rich most trans people are... his prices are extortionate as he knows how desperate his client base is... not cool.
martine: not cool, how would you like someone bandying your former name around?
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You mean like the national press a couple of years ago! it was quite a big story at the time. It wasn't a case of keping it quite as he basked in the publicity.

He also costs about the same as all other private consultants.

considering the number of US gender therapists that work on sliding scales... i still think hes a bit ott...
and just because the press did it, doesnt mean its cool to carry on bandying it around...
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Quote from: Rachael on January 02, 2008, 12:53:06 PM
considering the number of US gender therapists that work on sliding scales... i still think hes a bit ott...
and just because the press did it, doesnt mean its cool to carry on bandying it around...
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All the private consultants in the U.K are about £200 per appointment unfortunitely. But go the the NHS route and it may take a long time to achieve very little.

theres one woman in scotland, i forget her name, at about 90£ a hour, and isnt curtis the only other TRANS private specialist?
not just private consultants....
and yeah, well, some of us cant afford private, and are stuck with the nhs.
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Quote from: Rachael on January 02, 2008, 06:38:03 PM
theres one woman in scotland, i forget her name, at about 90£ a hour, and isnt curtis the only other TRANS private specialist?
not just private consultants....
and yeah, well, some of us cant afford private, and are stuck with the nhs.
R

Most of us cannot afford private price but it seems to be the only way to progress. I borrowed money from a friend a few years ago to go down to see Russell Reid in order to start on hormones, otherwise I'd still be pleading the with the NHS. If you stick with the NHS you will end up with a very long wait.

oh true, im still waiting to see the GIC, 5 more years then therapy maybe
but im already on nhs hrt ^_^
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Quote from: Rachael on January 03, 2008, 06:11:41 AM
oh true, im still waiting to see the GIC, 5 more years then therapy maybe
but im already on nhs hrt ^_^
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I converted my private HRT prescription to NHS the same day. I only had to wait a couple of months for my first NHS GIC appointment (but that was quite a few years ago now) but
I still experienced problems with the NHS after that.

when i get to the GIC, ill probably be asked why i want to be a man... its happened before ><
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Quote from: Rachael on January 03, 2008, 06:56:40 AM
when i get to the GIC, ill probably be asked why i want to be a man... its happened before ><
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Yes, it definitely might happen. I can guarentee you will be very dissapointed after you have had your first appointment. I remember being devistated.

i dont really have much that i expect from them... im pretty much transitioned, apart from the surgery.
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Quote from: Rachael on January 03, 2008, 07:37:31 AM
i dont really have much that i expect from them... im pretty much transitioned, apart from the surgery.
R

You are lucky if you only require GRS surgery. Many girls need other forms of surgery like breast augmentation and FFS which is not usually funded by the NHS. The NHS psychiatrists avoid talking or discussing these kinds of surgery even though they are included in the 'Harry Benjamin Standards of care' as part of a transition.

im 20 and freakishly lucky i guess, im certainly in no need of BA or ffs really if im honest.
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A very famous transsexual activist in my home country, Argentina, is Alejandra Victoria Portatadino.

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/Alejandra/Alejandra.html

It was once claimed that singer and model Amanda Lear was a transsexual (she was the model on the Roxy Music 'For your pleasure' album cover) but later she claimed it was all a publicity stunt