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Hey, for those who have gone through all the documentation to change gender markers to non-binary with legal identification and Medicare, what anatomy based health communication do you get? E.g. cervical screening letters like trans women?

I'm a PGY1 doc having recently come out publically as transgender while on a 'career break' I was wondering if anybody was aware of any transgender or gender non-conforming professional associations or at least support groups? I'd greatly appreciate the opportunity to talk to other trans health professionals about what I can expect returning to clinical work and especially in pursuing different training programs. Thanks.

Hey there, just thought it would be responsible to post an update on what happened following https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderau/comments/1fvoud6/vent_trans_woman_told_to_go_to_andrology_clinic/

The letter to my GP was sent almost a month ago but appears to have dissapeared in the mail (the absurd thing is my GP is within like 200m of the clinic but mail distribution is of course centralised etc) so I got the clinic to send a FAX last week and I was able to check that the AT had in fact recommended I get a referral to Concord Andrology.

I sent a letter explaining what had

Growing out my face for electro RN not loving it, thought this was kinda funny. There are hairless breeds I suppose........ mmmm.... breed.... cough anyway...

I've started getting into enamel pins and I was sad to see with the muted success of the game there aren't any I could find online for Laika. There are places that do custom pins but they're a much better price in bulk, if we figured out a design we all liked would people be interested? https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1079110173/custom-soft-enamel-pins-personalized 1.25 inch x20 is listed as 227 AUD for example.

They list free shipping but I suspect they'd possibly charge more if we split up the order to multiple recipients.

Not sure how people would want to handle the money, I know I'm a rando online so you

I won't name specific doctors because I don't need someone getting sent hate on my behalf but I was going to the Wollongong public endocrinology clinic and due to availability I agreed to be seen by a trainee rather than the consultant themselves because I figured he would be ok, he's on the endocrinology training program he'll be fine. The clinic was running late because every clinic always is, he wasn't rude or hostile, he didn't quite seem on top of the treatment protocols but it was fine, he didn't need to change my meds as my hormone levels were where we wanted them and they were.

I've moved to Sydney so I asked which public clinic I should get referred to and he said Concord Androlog

I found out about Margarget Killjoy through Behind the Bastards and I wanted to help more people discover her and her work. She's got her own podcast Cool People Who did Cool Stuff which is rad and she does the CZM book club and she's a great author.

Margaret recently released The Sapling Cage and I super duper heartily encourage trans people to consider checking it out, it's a high fantasy book that she describes as being the sort of book she needed as a young teen (she classifies it as a crossover book, a book suitable for YA but written seriously and well so it still appeals to adults), its about an AMAB teen in a politically novel fantasy world who joins a coven of all women witches. Wh

I've gone by a number of names in different contexts whilst experimenting and none felt perfect. One of the suggested ways is to find out what your parents would have called an AFAB baby and consider that, my dad who is totally accepting gave me a list and I picked one out, I got some feedback on if I 'looked' like a Sophie (kinda dumb I know, forgive me) and I've used it a bit and I was starting to warm to it. I'm approaching the point in transition where I might feel comfortable being fully public and because of a particular job starting next year it would be really problematic to have my legal name not match the one I use generally, and changing it after starting that job would be extra p

Hey, quick shopping queery ;P

I've decided I do in fact need some pride flag thigh highs (lesbian and trans) but I don't wanna grab some low quality polyester from America via amazon. Are there any Aussie providers people can recommend? The best provider I can find seems to be sockdreams though they are American. Cybershop is Australian but their product details are scant so I'm skeptical on quality.

Anyone got a comfy pride sock tip?

I've had a number of thermolysis sessions in another city but I've had to move. I know there's a page in the subreddit's wiki on Sydney Electrolysis options but it is a fairly old post. I've already contacted Nicholson Electrolysis and she's booked out for so long she couldn't give me a booking. I was recommended Clinical Electrolysis and had a booking but a traumatic family event caused me to miss the appointment and they refused to allow me any further bookings (I guess they're in enough demand that they can afford to ditch people they suspect might be unreliable).

Are there any facial electrolysis providers in Sydney (preferrably but not necessarily on the North Shore) that people can r

I'm in a complex and difficult set of circumstances that have led me to move back in with my mother, she came into my room and raised some understandable issues and I agreed to what she wanted, this wasn't enough (she's one of those people who doesn't just want you do something, she wants you to feel that you agree with her about it) and it led to her pushing and pushing as I got more and more upset. Like a lot of mothers I think, she is convinced that everything she's doing is in my best interest even if I disagree. I asked her to leave and she wouldn't, I told her outright she was driving me into an autistic meltdown as I started laughing and weeping, she said I was deranged and that she