There can be some additional hurdles because of the rules around testosterone. I'm required to show legal identification every time I purchase it, and especially earlier in my transition there were frequent awkward moments at the pharmacy around this. Sometimes I was asked if it was for me or someone else. Many times I was asked what it was for. Occasionally I was asked if I wanted to have a preferred name on file since my name is gender ambiguous. Depending on the person behind the counter I would sometimes watch my ID disappear for a long time into an office with no windows. It was likely infuriating to them that my ID says "X" for the gender marker. And I'm in a super liberal location, nothing like Florida or Texas.
There can be some additional hurdles because of the rules around testosterone. I'm required to show legal identification every time I purchase it, and especially earlier in my transition there were frequent awkward moments at the pharmacy around this. Sometimes I was asked if it was for me or someone else. Many times I was asked what it was for. Occasionally I was asked if I wanted to have a preferred name on file since my name is gender ambiguous. Depending on the person behind the counter I would sometimes watch my ID disappear for a long time into an office with no windows. It was likely infuriating to them that my ID says "X" for the gender marker. And I'm in a super liberal location, nothing like Florida or Texas.
that's wild! thanks for sharing. i haven't had to do any of that for my estradiol prescriptions. yet another reason to deschedule testosterone!