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Where the fuck does one move as a trans person in Europe these days? I know that, technically, a lot of countries are oh-so transfriendly. But I also know that under the surface layer, that is often utter lies and bullshit. And I am so fucking over it.

ETA: Boosts welcome! I always forget to say that 😊
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thegrumpyenby
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@goatsarah
I love Portugal! But how's Portugal for healthcare and, especially, trans healthcare?
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Sylvia Knight
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General healthcare is similar to the U.K. NHS - better in some areas worse in others. Trans stuff, there was a report published recently, so you could try feeding it through a translator https://www.rea.pt/guia-trans/
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thegrumpyenby
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@goatsarah
Is the private healthcare good too or just cheap? And does public healthcare cover HRT (already prescribed, just need continuing care)? And how are GPs when you're trans? Mine here in Northern Germany is a nightmare and asked me lots of intrusive questions and people keep misgendering me because they have no concept of nonbinary and don't care to learn about it.

Oh, and do you find doctors who speak English or do you speak Portuguese well enough? Sorry I have so many questions 😊
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thegrumpyenby
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@goatsarah
Thanks, that's helpful!
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Zoe O'Connell
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On the Portugal front (I can't seem to reply in one of the threads?) I'd characterise it as low medical awareness but low prejudice and low levels of paternalistic gatekeeping.

I stopped getting HRT via the NHS a few years back when I had an uncooperative GP, and sourced it elsewhere instead. My current GP in the UK has offered to put me back on HRT but has said it's pointless right now due to shortages. Conversely, I just walk into the pharmacy and ask for it in Portugal. €3.50 for 28 Estradiol Hemihydrate. No questions. (I assume combined HRT would be similarly easy but Testosterone would be a little more difficult, but not much)

The lack of knowledge can be helpful as they won't make the bad assumptions that medical staff with only a little knowledge do. It just gets confusing if you deal with someone that does need to know it and you don't have the shared language to explain it. (Such as a radiographer trying to find my uterus on an ultrasound... unsuccessfully, unsurprisingly)
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thegrumpyenby
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@zoeimogen
Yeah, I do think it might be a little more difficult with T 😅 thank you for the insight!
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