"IT is like looking in the mirror and seeing a man, but knowing it is not a man looking back at you." This is how Anne Stewart, previously Neville Pickering, describes the sensation of gender dysphoria.
NHS websites say patients feel a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity. It is a recognised condition, not a mental illness, but patients nevertheless have to be assessed by two mental health professionals before they start treatment.
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