"Quest for the Chest"

Nov 21, 2011 17:57

I'm not sure if anyone here has been following it, but in the UK, Channel 4 is airing a short documentary series about seven trans people who are at various stages of the transitioning process ( Read more... )

fundraising, my transsexual summer

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anjak_j November 22 2011, 00:34:16 UTC
Ugh. The way the NHS deals with transgender people drives me mad. You'd think the emphasis would be on that which is most visible to the rest of the world, which funnily enough isn't what is in a person's pants. And the lower surgery can be horrific and cause a lot of problems, making it a pretty big decision that not all trans people choose to go through. To say that you can't have the upper surgery without having a much more risky surgery first is diabolical, as is saying that chest surgery is 'just cosmetic' and doesn't fall into the realm of gender reassignment.

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