Tired Of Patients Not Wanting To Reveal Their Biological Sex This Person Went On A Rant To Explain Why It Can End Tragically

One example of this problem is planned parenthood. A transwoman can walk in who is biologically male, and if they show up positive on a pregnancy test no one tells them they can't be. this is important because for a male if they do a pregnancy test and it shows up positive it is a sign of testicular cancer. Steven Crowder actually tested this and filmed the whole thing if you dont believe me look it up on youtube. they even allowed him to plan an abortion, when it was very cery clear he was biologically male. what is happening to this world

I thought it was common sense to tell doctor truth about your body (to get best help), not what you wanna be. I guess some people are too much delilusional

Let's be honest 99 percent of the time you are clothed when you see a doctor... So unless your gonna strip...how the hell is this person gonna know your biological gender..esp if your on hormones

Slightly off topic, but it reminds me on how a nurse handled the "race" question when I had my systematic full body health check last year. She just shifted the screen and mouse and politely made me select my own. Hope this serves as a little helping tip for the rest of you who might find yourselves in a similar position as this nurse (or this doctor from the article).

One simple solution was mentioned in the comments: during intake, ask born gender, and current gender. Do NOT put it with demographic questions: place it with medical history.

Being in the healthcare profession for over 30 years myself, I call b******t. I have never solely diagnosed someones disease process or clinical picture with regards to their ""biological sex"" The fact that woman present with different symptoms then men has very little to do with their actual anatomy but more with cultural and societal effects. Obviously actual effected anatomy ie prostate, uterine, testicular issues are specific to biological sex, but a good diagnostician will pick this up. Telling your physician as much info about yourself will help them clearly paint a clinical picture, many patients omit information they feel is either too embarrassing or emotional I.e drugs, alcohol, domestic abuse, eating issues, and a multitude of other things way more important then their biological/assigned sex. I know many healthcare profs. would and do agree with me and it is the policy at our hospital to ask the patient their preferred gender/pronouns and we have yet to have any issues.

This is some transphobic b******t. As is stated in one of the comments, an easy way to address this doctor's concerns is for him to design his intake forms to respectfully ask patients to indicate their actual gender as well as their gender assigned at birth. Trans people deal with huge amounts of transphobia on a daily basis so of course being faced with a transphobic doctor who hasn't bothered to try and understand their realities is frustrating and might result in them getting upset. The solution is for this doctor to actually get training from a trans advocacy organization rather than assuming that he knows what he's talking about just because he uses people's correct pronouns.

So this medical professional wants to ask a trans or gender diverse person their biological sex, fine. I refuse to tell a medical professional that I am trans because I don't know if this medical professional won't share my medical information with another patient. Cause I know several people who have been refused treatment when they have gone to medical professionals.

I work in the healthcare field as well and it is just something the healthcare field needs to work on. For example, we ask if you are including "females of child-bearing potential" in your study which isn't necessary because only someone with ovaries would be capable so you can instead say "individual of child-bearing potential." It won't be perfect but the healthcare community also needs to make an effort to re-evaluate what we can for patient comfort. Some research suggests that transgenderism is related to a birth defect during gestation so when they say they are female they really are. So say "Are you currently or have you ever been an individual of child-bearing potential." You can further explain that it means that you were are currently are able to become pregnant. It is a little extra work but it means a lot. For emergency situations I get the need to get to the point but not that hard to be more accommodating where we can be.

This piece (and the comments, most of which are either 3rd person, at best accounts of what they think they know or is uninformed made-up internet BS by people who have no education or actual experience working with trans individuals) is a good example of taking rare or only 1 experience and turning it into a "real" issue that doesn't exist. I work with a lot of trans people and even do education on LGBTQ healthcare and the overwhelming majority of trans people understand the need to ask sex assigned at birth and respect their healthcare providers. Its when other pieces of information are not asked, such as pronouns and chosen name or respecting ones gender or gender expression. Trans people are also often subjected to invasive questions in medical environments that have nothing to do with the reason they are seeing a doctor. What the person above is talking about is the exception, not the rule. Get to know trans folks and stop making these harmful examples that marginalize good people

Acknowledging physical differences is okay and necessary. Making judgments about people's character and worth based on physical differences alone is discrimination. We would all do well to know the difference.

hm. I foresee more issues like this popping up. trans is just another thing we all should be patient learning and understand that there are going to be growing pains and questions that we need to answer. in this case it would be easier just to ask the patient sex at birth? bam done. a patient should also feel free to disclose that they are trans. but unfortunately the current state of unknowing, discomfort, and lack of tact is causing people to just not talk about it because they feel like they have to be one or the other, not just transitioning to one or the other. it's frustrating because glancing at the comments all I see are people who are overwhelmed and fed up with trans issues. fair enough, our whole world has so many issues it's hard to focus or care about them all.

Wow there is a lot of hate and jerks in this comment section.

I also heard the story of a trans person giving birth but not getting care because the hospital thought it was an obese man. Doesn't matter if true or not it shows the need to acknowledge birth sex with your doctors. I don't know how upset some trans may be but some of them have some wrong ideas. Talking with a trans woman she thought her genetics changed to female and could not understand that her

*sigh* it does happen. I try ton be sensitive to transgender/non-binary etc etc but in a medical setting it is very important. When lab techs take blood work it can cause confusion if they are not honest because the blood work will come back with the gender at birth.

When we are told to respect gender identity and use the proper pronouns, it is because we need to respect the individual. That respect goes both ways. I don't care who or what you are or think you are. If the question is asked, take it as an opportunity to have the conversation rather than a challenge to your identity. You don't want to be referred to as male or female? That's fine. Bear in mind that not every aspect of life is able to function on a non-binary level when it comes to determining proper care and help. The situation should always dictate your attitude. Not the other way around.

This s**t is so confusing to me. Sex is determined by your chromosomes. You can be a woman with X chromosomes or a man with X and Y. Or some people are intersex / hermaphrodites. None of this has anything to do with gender which is entirely made up. Soooo... why do we need “transgender”? If you have Y chromosomes you are a biological male but you can put on a dress and lipstick and get a boob job. If gender is just all made up, why can’t you just be a man who wears dresses and whatever? Isn’t it sexist in the first place to reduce the other gender to superficial s**t like tits and high heels? Like I just don’t understand the point of gender. You can’t change your chromosomes. Just live your life?? I don’t know.

How people can be so idiot? Wannabe Darwin Awards. If I were a doctor, after a few recorded denials I would simply let them go. Also Hippocrates would have agreed.

why does the man in the very first stock photo look like Steve Carrell playing a doctor lol

Mummynapkin up there being peak stupid today. "Um... a health professional talks about a real problem that can face transgender people, and one both those in the medical field and transgender people themselves should consider... NaH, tHiS jUsT aN aTtEmPt To MaKe TrAnS pEoPlE sOuNd CrAzY"

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Ask their gender. If they choose to lie, treat them as the gender they claim. At some point during the explanation for ovarian cancer, they'll clue in and realise they're being a twat. Or not, at which point their death is their choice, and good riddance.

Natural selection finds a way.