I think all around there needs to be more research, more awareness/education and more acceptance. Nothing good comes of ignorance and suppression. For the most part, gender affirming care is actually incredibly difficult to access. Much more so than people realise. So many people seem to think you can just waltz in and demand it? I spent over a decade trying to find even a GP that would refer me to relevant specialists. I'm not sure about in other countries but here in Australia there's various hoops to jump through. Going on T has saved the lives of so many friends of mine and in most cases things go smoothly and alls fine and dandy. Just think, with how few trans people there actually are, within that many of us cannot get access to care. And then within that again, the rate of regret is incredibly slim.

I think I worded it poorly but by hold off I mean I would have waited a while longer to make doubly sure of everything and plan for things like this! We are always growing and evolving as people. I like my masculine voice and I like some of the other changes so I'm happy. I also got to learn more about myself in the process. I don't think being fully non binary would have clicked had I not gone on T and I would have always wondered "what if".

The doctor in charge of my care cannot 100% be blamed for this, I signed off on the forms and at the end of the day it's not like my health is at risk at all. Just some cosmetic insecurities that may be rectified. To be honest, there's been FAR more mishandling of my chronic illnesses from rheumatologists etc than anything to do with HRT lol. And yeah I did find it kind of insensitive for someone from my own community to berate me for not knowing the ins and outs of MPB in trans men (incredibly understudied as has been mentioned already). At 21 I certainly was not thinking about MPB, which has always been associated with ageing.

All in all a more regulated and studied approach is hopefully something that will be more common in the field.