I am sorry, I was aiming at a happy first post to my rebooted blog. I used to have annother one where I wrote in Swedish but this one will be all in English. Otherwise this will be mostly the same, except more trans content, seeing as I have come out as AMAB since I started blogging. You can learn more about me in the “Who am I?” section, link above.
Anyway, this was going to be a joyus occasion but this morning I was hit by the news that customs in my country of Sweden, have started seizing medication sent from aborad, even if it was sent by medical professionals with a legal prescription, and even if the medication itself isn’t a controlled substance. I, myself have been using an EU clinic known as GenderGP since the trans care in Sweden is pretty much non existent. They are a legitimate clinic that monitors their patients hormone levels and side effects while prescribing the medicine they need for their transition. And yes, for a lot of us, transitioning is very much a matter of life and death, specially if you, like me, waitied way too long before starting – waited so long that I literally couldn’t stand a second more before I took the first step, and in sweden, the first step is to wait for the better part of a decade while the system laughs at you. It is expensive to use private health care of course but since the famous free Swedish health care apparently does not apply to people like me, GenderGP was my only safe option.
GenderGP are doing what they can to resolve the situation, talking to Swedish customs and other relevant agencies in order to get medicine to their patients. Many who have been on hormone replacement therapy for years now risk losing access to their medication all together, something that is not only medically dangerous but takes a horrible psychological toll as well. GenderGP has reached out to many of their patients in Sweden to offer psychological help while they try to mend the situation while Swedish authorities are doing exactly diddly squat to help.
I want everyone to know this very well; If anyone was under the impression that Sweden was some sort of progressive live and let live paradise, drop that ridiculous joke of a myth right now. My gouvernment would rather se me dead than happy. Transphobia oozes from every facet of the Swedish government and hardly anyone here cares enough to even realize there is a problem as we beg on our bare knees for our lives.
I still have some weeks left on my latest delivery but if this isn’t solved very soon I will be forced to to turn to other, less safe sources. I was utterly heartbroken and terrified by these news and have spent most of the day crying. Great time to launch a new blog, right? I wish I could say it’s good to be back… I hope I will be able to say that soon. Not holding my breath though.