‘I should have been told to wait’: Woman treated with hormone blockers to reassign gender as a teenager takes NHS to court
by Ali Fortescue, Sky News:
Keira Bell believes her transitioning process was rushed and the NHS should have “paid more attention” to her biological sex.
A woman who was treated with hormone blockers to reassign her gender as a teenager is taking the NHS to court, saying she “should have been told to wait”.
Keira Bell said the care she received for gender dysphoria, a condition where a person experiences distress due to a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity, steered her towards medical treatment.
Ms Bell, who used to identify as a boy, was 15 when she went to the Tavistock Centre in London. She said after “roughly three sessions” she started receiving hormone blockers.
Eight years later, and after undergoing surgery, Ms Bell is de-transitioning to return to a woman.
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