Submitted on Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 9th February 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Shorten the waiting lists for UK Gender Clinics
In the UK, there are around 200,000-500,000 transgender people. Just under half of this population are still waiting for their first gender clinic appointment. The waiting lists for NHS Gender Identity Clinics are between 18 months and 5 years.
Gender Dysphoria is the mental “illness” associated with being transgender. More often than not, transgender people get referrals to gender clinics to seek treatment to alleviate their dysphoria but spend years on a long waiting list to get their first appointments and even longer waiting for medical treatment. I have been out as transgender for two years and have only just gotten a referral. The last two years for me have been a struggle and many people don’t make it to their first appointments
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