when I was first looking into starting HRT, I think it must've been last year, I went to a place specialized in STDs and AIDs because I'd been told they could point me in the right direction (that wasn't the place to start treatment of course, my journey with that is its own story of bullshit and frustration), and the lady that talked to me there offered me some guidance in how everything worked and asked me if I wanted to be put in the waitlist for GRS (Gender Reassignment Surgery), and I'll never forget how long she told me the wait time was, 10 years. It got me thinking how many people who passed away waiting for that... 10 years is a long time to wait for something, 10 years is enough time for people to pass away waiting, especially since the pandemic happened. I ended up telling her I didn't want to be put on the list.

