'Depressed' transgender woman 'died of drugs binge' 2 days before being ...

Speaking outside of court, Synestra's mother Amanda, an independent finance broker, said the NHS was partly to blame for her daughter's death.

"I think part of her depression and Synestra's struggle was the effect of trying to get the GPs to take her seriously and to refer her," she said.

"There is definitely discrimination in the NHS against transgenderism.

"I know there is work being done by politicians to change this, and transgenderism is being looked at as an issue.

"Her drug dependence started in two ways. I think firstly it was because she was depressed and found solace there.

"The drugs calmed her anxiety and she became much more dependent than we realised.

"She and Jonathan were just great together and were planning a future, so we all know that she was not in any way considering suicide.

"And having been clean from the drugs for a while and having come off of them successfully, probably her tolerance levels were weakened, and this might have been an accident waiting to happen.

"There are a lot of things that could have happened differently when she first realised she had issues.

"We would just like to see transgender people having a proper say over their own sexuality and gender."