Thank you for the link to Maya Poch's blog. I have read it with great interest as this is the first time I have read such a story. Several friends of me are born intersex and all recieve treatment from the gender clinic. As with all stories, I think it would be of value to try to find the other side of it.
The case in The Netherlands was caused by the law lagging decades behind the society. Transgender healthcare is of a high level with the only downside being the terribly long waiting lists at the gender clinics (after registration you have to wait 1 year before the diagnostic traject can be started because of understaffing). These waiting lists are a reason for some people to seek help in Belgium or Germany.
As far as healthcare goes I think The Netherlands isn't a bad country to live in as transsexual. The entire medical transition including therapy, hrt, facial hair removal and srs is paid for by the compulsary public health insurance. Exceptions are breast augmentation and most cases of ffs. Children can be treated with puberty suppressants so they won't develop their biological secondary sex characteristics. I know of 2 parents who moved from the UK to The Netherlands to seek treatment for their daughter.
A recent change is that people who don't wish a complete transition including srs are also treated by the gender clinics. For these people the change in law was needed.
Untill now one must have had srs in order to legally change his or her sex, which poses a problem for those who don't wish an srs.
Although plans to change this have been subject of discussion in the government for years, action was only taken when The Human Rights Watch announced their plans to write a report.
The interviews made to write the report focussed on the problems that arise when the sex on your ID is different from the way you present yourself.
At the presentation it was remarked that this report was made by collecting the experiences of transgenders. Intersex people were despite their larger number underrepresented because they somehow keep silent. "If you want to change the law you must open your mouth and act" was said as a closing comment on the subject.
