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Historically, to access hormone therapy or surgery, a trans person had to get a "letter" from a psychiatrist certifying that they were "really" trans—a process known as gatekeeping. This pathologized transness as a disorder (Gender Identity Disorder). Through tireless activism, the community changed the diagnosis to "Gender Dysphoria" (distress, not identity) and championed the "informed consent model."
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