Update #1: I wanted to share this article that was brought to my attention. The US Guardian wrote a piece that really gets to the heart of why I'm sounding a warning, while also helping to frame that this isn't directed at the .com Guardian—they seem to have a healthy viewpoint on how trans people should be treated.
@alice ugh, absolutely fucking shit Grauniad US, Gender Dysphoria does not exist as a disease per ICD-11 and if trans kids are given appropriate treatment according to their individual needs IAW international best practice per WPATH Standards of Care, then they will likely never BE dysphoric.
@alice I don't like the implication that newspapers, and possibly billionaires are aware of DIY HRT; it uneases me slightly!
Like I'm on DIY right now, I don't do blood tests (I know that I need to get on that sharp-ish), however I went down this route after extensive research because quite frankly I didn't like the hoops and the invasive questions going down the official path!
I know it's a legally and morally grey area, but I'm convinced it's best for what I'm after. I don't want population in general finding out because of the implications that'll cause people like me... 😅
@alice
people think the Guardian is left wing because its more left than the rest of right wing media, but its actually a centrist paper which engages in both-sides-ism, running stories for and against stuff
they did it with women having the right to vote, back when they were just the Manchester Guardian, running articles by people who were for and against, and they are doing the same thing for trans rights
they will claim otherwise retrospectively, once social progress - which comes not from debate but by scaring the establishment or forcing their hand - penetrates the upper class schools they source talent from
but they are not the champion of the left people assume, and one need only peruse the comments section to see a worrying lack of progressive values
women's rights, trans rights, etc is not a debate, its a question of human rights and human dignity