Being Trans now and then

I transitioned 15 and a bit year ago, and things were not that much of a problem for me. I was a bit of a curiosity for some people, and there were some quite personal questions asked. But being me I always answered them, as informing people were in my opinion the best way to do things. The more people knew the more they would understand and the more they would feel comfortable with me working where I was at the time.

Society was not that bothered about it, I never really got any hassle in the street about it. The law at the time was still not that protective of trans people, the only notable law that was in place was the newly passed Gender Recognition Act that had come in to force at the time I transitioned.

I was also lucky that while I waited for a Gender Identity Clinic appointment I had a psychiatrist who knew about it and helped a lot of things with prescribing both anti-androgens and HRT for me, which allowed me the confidence to go full time. Indeed he prescribed me HRT on the day closest to my birthday as he could, which was the 22nd of May, one day after my birthday as he couldn’t do it on my actual birthday as it was a Sunday.

So by the time I came to having my GIC appointment I was already full time and on HRT and doing all the things that the GIC were happy with, so the first appointment I had was quite easy. This leads to the second…