monkers
Legendary Member
Unless you go down some sketchy back alley route, yeah, you have to. The majority of folk who are trans want things done properly. Timelines and waiting lists can be frustrating, but the idea that folk just wake up and go all Shania Twain and that's that is a myth.
Regret rates of transgender surgery are very low and even then it doesn't prove that the person with regret is not trans.