Forcing me to go to two one hour sessions is not about anything more than mitigating liability for the surgeon and the insurance company. If you want therapy that’s great, but the old WPATH requirements are not current anymore. It’s not necessary for everyone. I followed the informed consent model.
I think it’s like this: 20+ years ago I went to have Lasix surgery done. I was told all these horror stories about people who went blind mostly from well meaning folks that were worried I’d travel to Canada to get it because it wasn’t available in the US. Turns out the actual complication rates were negligible. Gender confirmation surgery is kind of like that. There is a big splash with folks that de-transition, but if I recall the actual rates of trans people feeling that way is also negligible. I’m not saying that it’s not a huge deal for those folks that end up in that position, but that they are the exception, not the rule.
Not all of us need or want to jump through those hoops. With the changing standards, that’s all they are in some cases, hoops. I see it as gatekeeping in my case.
