A new report from Sky News found many members of China’s trans community are turning to the grey market for hormone treatment due to lack of gender-affirming healthcare in the country.
In China, being transgender is classed as a mental illness, so to legally obtain hormone replacement medication, trans people must be diagnosed as having a disorder.
Illegal hormones pose the danger of containing substances unsafe for human consumption, and some trans people have experienced kidney problems and even paralysis as a result.AndyAndy, a 22-year-old trans man living in Shanghai, spoke to Sky News about his ordeals of obtaining gender-affirming treatments.