Because finding doctors who will help you safely through medical transition can be difficult, some people use hormones that they obtain from other sources. (plannedparenthood.org)
Chen and colleagues identified the major barriers to fertility preservation in transgender youth between the ages of 14 and 20 as cost, invasiveness of procedures and reluctance to delay initiating hormone therapy for medical transition. (sciencedaily.com)
You'll likely need to prove some kind of medical transition, whether that means a surgical procedure (vaginoplasty, phalloplasty, mastectomy, etc.) or hormone therapy. (policygenius.com)