How do transsexual people deal with gender dysphoria in countries where SRS isn't available?

I mean other than the obvious, "They go to a different country where they offer that kind of medical treatment." What if they don't have enough money to travel?





In areas where they're stuck without aid, do they have higher suicide rates?|||Yeah transsexualism is not as taboo as homosexuality surprisingly, but in many countries transition is still not an option for the majority of the population. They deal with it the way people dealt with it before transitions became big, they live with it.





But don't worry, gender dysphoria isn't quite as bad until you find out you have a way to change it, when you find out transition is available thats when you start becoming impatient and stressed out more, and most people in those countries don't even know what transsexualism is.|||Which countries are you talking about? Most have it, even places you wouldn't expect- in Iran, for instance, SRS is completely legal and encouraged for transwomen.|||In short, not well. Not having access to medical resources in any sort of situation where you need them causes any person high levels of stress which impacts their health. It's a snowball effect.





Suicide rates are high among the trans community, particularly when (for various reason) a person who needs to transition cannot. From where I stand, you transition or you die. At your own hand or very slowly and in agony.





Gawd, that sounded dark... but that's how I view it. Granted not everyone has the exact same needs, so many people find their happy place prior to "full SRS".|||I imagine they lead incredibly bitter, sad lives. That is if they don't kill themselves. In the bad old days 50% of transsexual people here in the USA used to kill themselves. With treatment that number is way down, but still elevated as not everyone can afford treatment.|||In some very poor countries (i.e. Africa) being openly transsexual is a death sentence, so not having access to SRS is the least of their worries.





Transsexualism is just one of a long list of conditions that go untreated in poor, technologically stifled countries. Many people grow up and just live with cleft lips/palates, club feet, and other physical deformities. Even in third-world countries, most transpeople can get a hold of estrogen, since it's a fairly cheap and easy to produce drug. They basically end up living as non-op people for the rest of their lives, and a great many end up working in various sex trades.