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: ''Main article: [[Nonbinary healthcare (UK)]]'' | : ''Main article: [[Nonbinary healthcare (UK)]]'' | ||
Historically, eligibility criteria for medical treatment has presented a barrier for nonbinary individuals, specifically the 'real life test' (RLT) component which was later renamed the 'real life experience' (RLE). The website of the London NHS gender identity clinic states, ''"There is a two year Real Life Experience (RLE) of living in the reassigned gender role at the GIC for people who want to have genital reconstruction surgery (GRS). This is dated from the start of full-time gender role transition after which they can be assessed for referral for GRS. The RLE includes at least a year in some form of agreed occupational activities."'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20140901175724/http://www.wlmht.nhs.uk/gi/gender-identity-clinic/frequently-asked-questions/]. Nonbinary individuals requesting genital reconstruction surgery (GRS) are generally unable to satisfy clinicians in relation to the RLE criteria as there is little [http://nonbinary.org/wiki/Recognition_ | Historically, eligibility criteria for medical treatment has presented a barrier for nonbinary individuals, specifically the 'real life test' (RLT) component which was later renamed the 'real life experience' (RLE). The website of the London NHS gender identity clinic states, ''"There is a two year Real Life Experience (RLE) of living in the reassigned gender role at the GIC for people who want to have genital reconstruction surgery (GRS). This is dated from the start of full-time gender role transition after which they can be assessed for referral for GRS. The RLE includes at least a year in some form of agreed occupational activities."'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20140901175724/http://www.wlmht.nhs.uk/gi/gender-identity-clinic/frequently-asked-questions/]. Nonbinary individuals requesting genital reconstruction surgery (GRS) are generally unable to satisfy clinicians in relation to the RLE criteria as there is little [https://web.archive.org/web/20161209151923/http://nonbinary.org/wiki/Recognition_(UK) social] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20170209083236/http://nonbinary.org/wiki/Legal_gender#UK legal recognition] of the nonbinary demographic. On the 1st December 2010, the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies hosted the final public forum in its series on gender and radical biomedical advances, ''“Transitioning gender: the challenges of radical technologies”'', in association with the Guardian and supported by Cambridge University Press [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/audio/2010/dec/07/transitioning-gender-radical-technologies-debate]. One of the speakers was Dr Richard Green, former research director and consultant psychiatrist of the London NHS gender identity clinic, who referenced ''“third gender or no-gender person(s)”'' seeking surgery to ''“remove breasts or male genitalia”'' and calls this a ''“medical '''dilemma for physicians because there’s no real life experience'''. Its either surgery, or not”''. | ||
''“...Young people are eligible for treatment in the adult NHS clinics (once they are 18 years old) or by private practitioners (from 16 years old)”'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gires.org.uk/assets/DOH-Assets/pdf/doh-children-and-adolescents.pdf |title=Archive copy |access-date=2020-04-13 |archive-date=2023-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310110222/http://www.gires.org.uk/assets/DOH-Assets/pdf/doh-children-and-adolescents.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>. | ''“...Young people are eligible for treatment in the adult NHS clinics (once they are 18 years old) or by private practitioners (from 16 years old)”'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gires.org.uk/assets/DOH-Assets/pdf/doh-children-and-adolescents.pdf |title=Archive copy |access-date=2020-04-13 |archive-date=2023-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310110222/http://www.gires.org.uk/assets/DOH-Assets/pdf/doh-children-and-adolescents.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>. | ||
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==Changing your presentation== | ==Changing your presentation== | ||
: ''Main article: [http://nonbinary.org/wiki/Nonbinary#Nonbinary_presentation_and_expression Nonbinary presentation and expression]'' | : ''Main article: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170129205539/http://nonbinary.org/wiki/Nonbinary#Nonbinary_presentation_and_expression Nonbinary presentation and expression]'' | ||
Some nonbinary individuals intentionally present an [[androgyny|androgynous]] or [[gender neutral]] personal aesthetic by removing, replacing, or blending [[gender cues]] in their general presentation. For many, adopting such a personal aesthetic can ease the symptoms of [[gender dysphoria]], while others may be motivated primarily by a desire to make a political statement; each individual typically has their own unique reasons for adopting any particular 'look'. However, it is no more true to state that 'all nonbinary individuals want to appear androgynous' than it is to state that 'all women want to appear feminine'. Though they may not apply [[binary genders|binary gender]] stereotyping to their own presentation, some nonbinary individuals seek a personal aesthetic that is considered by their own culture as being variously congruent with binary stereotypes, the affected nonbinary individual may then experience gender dysphoria triggered by the resulting cognitive dissonance. | Some nonbinary individuals intentionally present an [[androgyny|androgynous]] or [[gender neutral]] personal aesthetic by removing, replacing, or blending [[gender cues]] in their general presentation. For many, adopting such a personal aesthetic can ease the symptoms of [[gender dysphoria]], while others may be motivated primarily by a desire to make a political statement; each individual typically has their own unique reasons for adopting any particular 'look'. However, it is no more true to state that 'all nonbinary individuals want to appear androgynous' than it is to state that 'all women want to appear feminine'. Though they may not apply [[binary genders|binary gender]] stereotyping to their own presentation, some nonbinary individuals seek a personal aesthetic that is considered by their own culture as being variously congruent with binary stereotypes, the affected nonbinary individual may then experience gender dysphoria triggered by the resulting cognitive dissonance. | ||