Jade's Transgender Journey

 Requests to All Medical Professionals When a person is transgender because of gender dysphoria, we will most likely eventually seek medical professionals for treatment.  For me because of that and other medical conditions, I need to see medical professionals more than the average person. Even with all my experience as a patient, I was nervous when I first sought medical help for my gender dysphoria.  Here was a tough former civil servant anxious to see a doctor.  Fortunately for me, I had a very positive experience at the beginning of my transitioning journey.  However, since then, that has not always been the case.  My hope and prayer by sharing this is not to talk negative about medical professionals, but to help them better serve their patients.  Perhaps, some may even grow as a person by learning about us. I would like to share some examples that I personally have experienced:  1.  At a local hospital after I legally changed my name and ...