SOC8 is still clearing hurdles but the end is in sight!

[dee2essohkay (imported)]

Thanks L, I do have to fight. don’t necessarily like it or i feel like he was just intent on stopping me. so yeah, making the point is necessary!

[Losethem (imported)]

Though I'd add, if you are getting this kind of negativity from who you're working with, I'd suggest exploring finding a new group to work with, as difficult as it may be.

[dee2essohkay (imported)]

i’ll most likely be seeing him at the beginning of september unless i find that a time opened up earlier. i’ll have to remember to check. as for finding another team, i think this is it. between what is available here and my insurance, its just this one place. i know there are places that don’t take insurance but that is out of the question. traveling is out of the question too. but maybe i won’t have the trouble this time around.

[Losethem (imported)]

Another alternative would be to delay the appointment until SOC 8 is published. Once it's published and is the new standard, then you can drop it in their lap and ask them why they're still raising objections.

[JanJones (imported)]

SOC 8 is out. https://www.wpath.org/soc8

[WheelyFixed]

SOC 8 is out. https://www.wpath.org/soc8

Yes, it has been out for quite a while now... IIRC it was released in the fall of 2022 just before that years big WPATH conference, which was very much about discussing it...

WheelyFixed