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Statement on the Government Report into Suicide Claims

We start from the point that any suicide is a tragedy – as well as the loss of a loved person’s life, there are significant impacts on family and friends. We do what we do to eliminate such tragedies.

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Autism Features Non-binary

Trans and Autistic: Navigating several social transitions

I find correcting people very difficult – it feels like another part of myself I must defend, another part I must explain to others constantly for a slither of recognition.

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Features Health Inequalities Healthcare Lived Experience Mental health

Unreliable Narrator

I heard stories of other trans people’s gender diagnosis appointments, and how a diagnosis of autism can work against the trans person as they may not be deemed to have sufficient mental capacity to understand themselves, or lack sufficient life experience to ‘know for sure’. I panicked.

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Features Health Inequalities Healthcare Mental health

What happens when the system wasn’t designed for you?

The first time I approached a doctor about a medical transition, I was eighteen years old, and instead of listening to what I was saying, this cis, White, male GP instead questioned the validity of my gender dysphoria, prodding into whether I was ‘really sure’, as I was ‘still a young woman’

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Healthcare Our Lived Experiences

Tink (they/he)

I got on well with the occupational therapist involved in my autism diagnosis. He felt like someone I could approach, so I messaged him about my gender and told him that I was embarrassed to approach my GP. The occupational therapist was really supportive. His support was empowering – he recognised where I needed support and where he could step back.

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Healthcare Our Lived Experiences

James (he/they)

In the end I started testosterone before I started University. Without the combined support of PALS, my psychiatrist and the GP I doubt this would have been the case.

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