Well bryony,
I did link the UK GRA 2004 before:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=10443&pid=39352#pid39352
There are a few constitutional transgender rights in there that are unique in the world. Be proud. Browse around a little, the bits about foreign diagnosis and treatment are not hard to find.
I just read Prof. Cohen's oration yesterday, even though this document has been around for almost a year, and a TG friend alerted me about the partial transition option in 2007:
http://www.bezinningscentrum.nl/tg/geslachtoffers.htm
It's in Dutch, but the google translator can direct you to the hot spots. I can help with translation of the paragraphs you find most interesting. There were a couple of interviews on that occasion too:
http://www.continuum.nl/index.php?id=221
http://www.carlievantongeren.nl/journalistiek/sociaal/psychopraktijk-peggy-cohen/
Study the exact requirements of the GRA: only one psychologist and one specialist in GID need to sign, and I'm sure only the GID specialist needs to be Dutch for your purposes. So there really will not be a lot of travel costs.
Note that both the Endrine Society, and the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (formerly Harry Benjamin) have copied her treatment guidelines, and since she presides the DSM-V committee, these guidelines will be valid in large parts of the world in 2013. Just using the year for preparation may be the smartest thing to do.
I did link the UK GRA 2004 before:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=10443&pid=39352#pid39352
There are a few constitutional transgender rights in there that are unique in the world. Be proud. Browse around a little, the bits about foreign diagnosis and treatment are not hard to find.
I just read Prof. Cohen's oration yesterday, even though this document has been around for almost a year, and a TG friend alerted me about the partial transition option in 2007:
http://www.bezinningscentrum.nl/tg/geslachtoffers.htm
It's in Dutch, but the google translator can direct you to the hot spots. I can help with translation of the paragraphs you find most interesting. There were a couple of interviews on that occasion too:
http://www.continuum.nl/index.php?id=221
http://www.carlievantongeren.nl/journalistiek/sociaal/psychopraktijk-peggy-cohen/
Study the exact requirements of the GRA: only one psychologist and one specialist in GID need to sign, and I'm sure only the GID specialist needs to be Dutch for your purposes. So there really will not be a lot of travel costs.
Note that both the Endrine Society, and the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (formerly Harry Benjamin) have copied her treatment guidelines, and since she presides the DSM-V committee, these guidelines will be valid in large parts of the world in 2013. Just using the year for preparation may be the smartest thing to do.