Alice Litman, 20, had been waiting to receive gender affirming healthcare for 1,023 days when she died, her family have said.
Alice Litman’s family said she’d been waiting to receive gender affirming healthcare for 1,023 days when she died
Ms Litman was referred to the Gender Identity Development Service in 2019 and later the Gender Identity Clinic, because she was going to turn 18 while on the waiting list, the inquest held at Sussex County Cricket Ground in Hove heard.In a statement read out in court on Monday, her mother Dr Caroline Litman said: “I do not want any other transgender person to face a future with as much despair as Alice did.
Dr Litman told the court her daughter had tried to end her life twice previously, and that her daughter had felt as though she was in the wrong body.Ms Litman, who was originally from Surrey but lived in Brighton, was referred to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and to the Community Mental Health Recovery Service before she turned 18.
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