FTM's and Transitioning

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Linus

To add what Dapper posted, this seems to vary from state to state/province to province and city to city. In NYC I didn't need a letter from a therapist. I ended up having a 30 min interview with a social worker and that was it. Even then it wasn't really required as the doctor, who specialized with gender variant people, was already ok with my decision. Part of this has to do with age, life status and the experience of the doctor themselves.

Now, I will say, that prior to this I had done about 9 months of a support group so a lot of the self-exploration that is often a requirement I had done.

I was speaking to WPATH's Standards of Care. It is not a state thing, and yes, any doctor can ignore WPATH's reccomendations for hormones or any type of surgery.