Need to wear 'women's clothes' in public pre-HRT enough (I got away with just the appointment). Not sure if that quite counts a performatively suffer but that was the intent behind the rules they had to work around to not get shut down.
Yep that's performatively suffering. I had such bad brainworms I technically subjected myself to about 6 months of RLE before I worked up the courage to get hormones.
Admittedly my therapist also described what happened to me as "internet inflicted conversion therapy" so I was pretty fucked up.
I pointed out that I was wearing women's clothes and makeup, just jeans and a women's top...and that my mother, who was in the waiting room, was dressed much the same.
I was private seeing an old guy in London so I managed to tick the 'has been subjected to sufficient performative cruelty' box with just a women's top and trousers (this was my second attempt as I didn't realise how fucked it all was the first time). The GICs at the time were much worse though.
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Admittedly my therapist also described what happened to me as "internet inflicted conversion therapy" so I was pretty fucked up.
I pointed out that I was wearing women's clothes and makeup, just jeans and a women's top...and that my mother, who was in the waiting room, was dressed much the same.
This did not satisfy.
Christ. I got so lucky with Richard Curtis.