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Yo Peeps.
Ummmm. I've got a problem here that could very well be a non-issue, but I just want to make totally and utterly sure before I sign anything.
I'm just about to start a new job in the UK and I've received a 'Health Declaration' form. Now, I'm pretty much in transition and over the last year or so I've started anti-androgens, done voice therapy, changed my name, seen psychs and finally gotten into the slow cogs of Charring Cross GIC. Simply, what I want to be sure of is whether or not to declare any of this on the form, because really they don't have to know at all. I'm an out trans-woman who seems to be doing okay for herself considering everything and I don't actually consider myself to be suffering from anything that may 'inhibit the performance of the the duties of this post' or any 'serious illness or chronic disease'. I just apppear to have a hiccup with my gender and I'm, ummmm, dealing with it.
Still, I figure not everybody would have the same attitude as me and I just want to be sure I don't have to declare anything lest this comes back and bites me on the bum. Especially when the form is essentially giving consent for my employers to see a medical report. I can request to see that medical report prior to its release, should they ask for it, but I'd rather get an idea of my rights and how these things work at this stage.
Thanks in advance.
- Ellie.
Yo Peeps.
Ummmm. I've got a problem here that could very well be a non-issue, but I just want to make totally and utterly sure before I sign anything.
I'm just about to start a new job in the UK and I've received a 'Health Declaration' form. Now, I'm pretty much in transition and over the last year or so I've started anti-androgens, done voice therapy, changed my name, seen psychs and finally gotten into the slow cogs of Charring Cross GIC. Simply, what I want to be sure of is whether or not to declare any of this on the form, because really they don't have to know at all. I'm an out trans-woman who seems to be doing okay for herself considering everything and I don't actually consider myself to be suffering from anything that may 'inhibit the performance of the the duties of this post' or any 'serious illness or chronic disease'. I just apppear to have a hiccup with my gender and I'm, ummmm, dealing with it.
Still, I figure not everybody would have the same attitude as me and I just want to be sure I don't have to declare anything lest this comes back and bites me on the bum. Especially when the form is essentially giving consent for my employers to see a medical report. I can request to see that medical report prior to its release, should they ask for it, but I'd rather get an idea of my rights and how these things work at this stage.
Thanks in advance.
- Ellie.