Comments on: The stigma faced by trans people accessing health care

By: Zac

Zac — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 22:50:12 +0000

It’s not just doctors. One of the receptionists at a certain andrology clinic in Sydney can barely contain her hostility to trans guys and referred to me as ‘it’ when booking a bone density scan for me. I was standing right in front of her.

By: Sue Robb

Sue Robb — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:35:45 +0000

Doctors are some of the most ignorant people I have had to deal with. I think their supposedly intensive training makes them feel that they know everything there is to know about people. 20 years after transition, I still deal with comments such as:
“I never learned about people like you”
“So you’re refusing to have a cervical smear?”
“No, I can’t prescribe more hormones for you unless an endocrinologist says it’s ok”
“Your form says ‘F’, but do I call you Ms or Mr?”
“What does inter sex mean.”
These, and more incidents, came only after the doctor had read my case notes

By: Bella

Bella — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:21:10 +0000

I’m a transwoman who has experienced similar behavior in the past from doctors who have done similar to what the writer has reported. I was shocked by the comments made by the so-called medical professionals during and after these so-called necessary examinations. Never again will I trust one of these people or accede to their examination requests(demands) without a damned good reason. Most of them are just curious, nothing more, one even asked me who’d performed my bottom surgery… I was still pre-op, shows just how uneducated and ill informed these so-called professionals really are.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 04:57:28 +0000

Doctors can be very weird people. Sociopaths and narcissists are well represented among their ranks. The gross insensitivity of the doctor in this article is unfortunately very common. We see similar but different issues arising in the context of sexual harassment and bullying of medical students and young doctors, and again in the spreading of infectious germs by doctors who see good hygiene practices as being beneath them.

Of course there are many great doctors but there are too many not-so-great ones given their supposed intelligence and high education levels.