transcription: instead of: “maybe i should take diy hrt” say: “the doctor knows best” instead of: “maybe we should get to transition” say: “the doctor knows best” instead of: “why did they cancle my script?” say: “the doctor knows best” instead of: “errrm, why is hte waiting list 5 years long?” say: “the doctor knows best” instead of: “i cant make it to worship rebranded terf slop because i am sick” say: “the doctor knows best”
AFAIK doctors tend to agree with most of these (except the DIY HRT, probably), but they’re not actually the ones who make these decisions …
There are plenty of ignorant or transphobic doctors who are against HRT for trans people. Most doctors don’t specialize in it or even read the research on it.
There’s a lot of doctors in general. Either way, doctors are not the ones making these decisions.
I’m confused, who else is making the decision to prescribe HRT? In the US a general practitioner can prescribe HRT independently, there’s not any oversight or hoops they have to jump through.
That depends heavily on location. Here in Germany, I don’t think many general practitioners would be willing to do that (assuming that they are actually allowed to, which I’m not sure about), because there are specialists for that. And then, you need to get your insurance to pay for both the doctor and the medication, unless you’re rich enough to pay everything out of pocket.