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SleepyCatten<p><strong>PSA for any trans person on a gender clinic waiting list in England, Scotland, or Northern Ireland considering a move to Wales</strong></p><p>The Welsh Gender Service (WGS) will take into account the time you've already spent waiting on another gender clinic's waiting list 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿</p><p>How do we know this?</p><p>We emailed the WGS back in November 2023, asking whether we'd have to join the back of the queue at the WGS if we moved to Wales. Their response is shown in the image.</p><p>Their email address is <code>Cav.Wgs_enquiries@wales.nhs.uk</code> if you wish to verify this.</p><p>Please feel free to boost this, so that more folks are aware of it :BoostsOKPrideSymbol: </p><p><a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NHSWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHSWales</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NHSEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHSEngland</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NHSScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHSScotland</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NHSNorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHSNorthernIreland</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/WGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WGS</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/WelshGenderService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WelshGenderService</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transition</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/GIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIC</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/GenderClinics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderClinics</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/GenderIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderIdentity</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/GenderIdentityClinics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderIdentityClinics</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>+</p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>I felt hopeful after my GP referred me. Four years on, I'm still waiting to be seen<br> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/i-felt-hopeful-after-my-gp-referred-me-four-years-on-i-m-still-waiting-to-be-seen/ar-BB1lEuvb?ei=11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/i</span><span class="invisible">-felt-hopeful-after-my-gp-referred-me-four-years-on-i-m-still-waiting-to-be-seen/ar-BB1lEuvb?ei=11</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GenderIdentityClinics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderIdentityClinics</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIC</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WaitingLists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaitingLists</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/CassReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CassReport</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/StaffShortage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StaffShortage</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Investment</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WorkforceDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkforceDevelopment</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GenderAffirmingHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderAffirmingHealthcare</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIDS</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Tavistock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tavistock</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DIYHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIYHealthcare</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PubertyBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PubertyBlockers</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Hormones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hormones</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suicide</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Transgender Services Are Losing Support From British Public in Wake of Latest Report Findings<br> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/transgender-services-are-losing-support-from-british-public-in-wake-of-latest-report-findings/ss-BB1lE0mU?ei=16" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/t</span><span class="invisible">ransgender-services-are-losing-support-from-british-public-in-wake-of-latest-report-findings/ss-BB1lE0mU?ei=16</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/CassReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CassReport</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GenderIdentityClinics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderIdentityClinics</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GenderAffirmingHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderAffirmingHealthcare</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/TERF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TERF</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Rowling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rowling</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NegativeMediaContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeMediaContent</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WaitingLists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaitingLists</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PrivateHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateHealthcare</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PubertyBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PubertyBlockers</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PeopleWhoCarriedOutReviewHaveNeverWorkedInGender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleWhoCarriedOutReviewHaveNeverWorkedInGender</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/LackingCompassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LackingCompassion</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SystemicFailures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicFailures</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Children to no longer receive puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, NHS says | The Independent<br> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/puberty-blockers-gender-identity-clinics-nhs-b2511437.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/home</span><span class="invisible">-news/puberty-blockers-gender-identity-clinics-nhs-b2511437.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/pubertyBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pubertyBlockers</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GenderIdentityClinics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderIdentityClinics</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ClinicalResearchTrials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClinicalResearchTrials</span></a></p>
Anna Nicholson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/@SleepyCatten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SleepyCatten</span></a></span> Addendum for Scotland (it hadn’t occurred to me that NHS England’s ‘Right to Choose’ system would also cover GICs)</p><p>Here in Scotland, we have four NHS GICs and one private one</p><p>The Glasgow GIC now accepts self-referrals from adults and under-18s anywhere in Scotland, so I suppose trans people do now have some choice</p><p>The adult waiting time for a first appointment is around 4–5 years; for under-18s, it’s a little less</p><p><a href="https://www.sandyford.scot/sexual-health-services/gender-identity-service/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sandyford.scot/sexual-health-s</span><span class="invisible">ervices/gender-identity-service/</span></a></p><p>The other three NHS GICs (Edinburgh, Inverness and Aberdeen) only accept geographically limited referrals of adults by their GPs</p><p>Their waiting times for first appointments are 1.5–3 years</p><p><a href="https://www.lothiansexualhealth.scot/gender-identity-clinic/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lothiansexualhealth.scot/gende</span><span class="invisible">r-identity-clinic/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.highlandsexualhealth.co.uk/gender-identity-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">highlandsexualhealth.co.uk/gen</span><span class="invisible">der-identity-1</span></a></p><p>None of these, sadly, have waiting times anywhere near the mythical 18-week maximum</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/GenderIdentityClinics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderIdentityClinics</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/GICs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GICs</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TransHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a></p>
Anna Nicholson<p>I just read <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ErinInTheMorn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ErinInTheMorn</span></a></span>’s Substack listicle on the top 5 US states for trans people (a welcome counter to all the recent horror stories about anti-trans legislation in the US)</p><p>In first place (spoiler!) is Washington state, and I was struck by this sentence:</p><p>‘The Seattle area alone boasts 34 separate informed consent gender-affirming care clinics, placing it among the regions with the highest number of clinics per capita’</p><p>Wow! 😮</p><p>In the UK, we don’t have an informed-consent model (yet) for trans healthcare</p><p>Instead we have psychiatrically gatekept gender identity clinics, and there are only about half as many of those in the whole of the UK (pop. 67 million) as there are informed-consent clinics in the Seattle area (pop. 4 million)!</p><p><a href="https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/top-5-states-to-be-transgender-in" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">erininthemorning.com/p/top-5-s</span><span class="invisible">tates-to-be-transgender-in</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TransHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedConsent</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/GenderIdentityClinics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderIdentityClinics</span></a></p>
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