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[blahflowers]

A transsexual from Nottinghamshire has warned she will end her life if she is refused hormone treatment on the NHS.

Debbie Davies, from Rainworth, is seven days into a hunger strike, and said she cannot afford to fund her treatment. Ms Davies, who was born as Richard in 1966, has been living as a woman for the past 18 months. Nottinghamshire County PCT has urged Debbie to stop the hunger strike and is currently reviewing its policy for patients who want to change gender.

Does anyone know what Nottinghamshire is like at the moment? It was Oxfordshire that had the most draconian rules wasn't it?

Oh, and BBC? You're missing a word from that first sentence.

Comments

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Which word?

[blahflowers.livejournal.com]

'woman'? Shouldn't it be the third word there?

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Unless I've got my pronouns confused, it seems pretty clear from the rest of the article.

[gane5h.livejournal.com]

Point being, "transsexual" is an adjective, not a noun. Like "black".

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I think you'll find it can be both. In fact, I think you'll probably find it hard to find a dictionary where the adjective isn't defined as "of or pertaining to such a person"

[gane5h.livejournal.com]

And I think you'll find that, as with "black" and "homosexual", its use as a noun is increasingly seen as having the potential to cause offence and is generally avoided. It's therefore a little surprising to find the BBC not cottoning on to that; would they talk about "a gay"? I believe that's the point blahflowers is making here.

[o0basify0o.livejournal.com]

Yes which word?

[gane5h.livejournal.com]

How the hell has she managed to blow £25K on hormones?

[blahflowers.livejournal.com]

What's a typical bill?

[gane5h.livejournal.com]

Depends what you're taking and where you're getting them but the estimates I've heard range from around £2K to at most £5K a year. She must be including electrolysis/laser and at least some surgery in that estimate.