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a plea for help
Mar. 10th, 2009 04:20 pmA dear friend of mine is currently fighting a legal battle with Oxfordshire's primary healthcare trust, because they are denying her absolutely vital surgery she requires for her continued health. To explain slightly better: gender reassignment surgery is denied to the people of Oxfordshire unless they are in "extreme need" - that is, their gender dysphoria is causing them to be suicidally depressed.
The specialist clinic for the south of England is at Charing Cross Hospital, which will refuse to operate on people who are suicidally depressed for health reasons. In other words, Oxfordshire PCT's short-sighed, bigoted, profoundly illogical and transphobic policy denies treatment to gender dysphoric people for no reason.
Therefore, my friend has started a petition on the Number 10 website. Please, please, if you live in the UK, please sign this. It would make a difference to a hideously unfair situation.
More information is here, and thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sebastienne for summarising it so well.
The specialist clinic for the south of England is at Charing Cross Hospital, which will refuse to operate on people who are suicidally depressed for health reasons. In other words, Oxfordshire PCT's short-sighed, bigoted, profoundly illogical and transphobic policy denies treatment to gender dysphoric people for no reason.
Therefore, my friend has started a petition on the Number 10 website. Please, please, if you live in the UK, please sign this. It would make a difference to a hideously unfair situation.
More information is here, and thanks to
sebastienne for summarising it so well.