Went through the Finnish trans healthcare pipeline, and it took me almost 4 years to get my diagnosis. The process was unintuitive and hostile by design, and there was a point where I went more than a year without an appointment. This was after learning I'd started DIY.

April 09, 2026 - 19:03 UTC

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I have heard of an unofficial practice called "round table", where a young patient is assessed by their care team. The purpose of Round Table is to not produce diagnostic decisions, it is to come up with a way to delay access to care for patients that otherwise fulfill diagnostic criteria.
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You won't find mentions of this process in official documentation. The conversations are verbal only, and particularly focus on and affect trans FtMs. Their purpose is to cycle the patient in and out of the psychologists offices, because there is a belief the patient will desist given enough time.
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