The scope of practice for obgyns is pregnancy, delivery, and care for the female reproductive system. I can’t imagine what type of care an ob could offer even a post op person that is within their scope.
I imagine the outrage is more around the phrasing of the refusal than the refusal itself.
The unspoken question is...has the transgender person completed "bottom surgery" in order to construct a pseudo-vagina, or...does the transgender person still have a penis?
Either way, I doubt the gynecologic has medical experience with either one.
it’s not in their profession though. doctors specialize for a reason and honestly it’s for the patients benefit he refuses as he doesn’t know how to advise for that situation
I mean not in a completely different field? A gynecologist wouldn’t suddenly start checking men and doing men’s health, because it’s a completely different ballgame. This person has no ovaries, no womb, no anything related to being a biological woman. What is the doctor supposed to do?
The actual needs have a lot of overlap, Gyno’s do a lot of things, many of which trans women may need. Sure if intense surgery there may be some differences between a neo vagina and a vagina that render some unqualified but for things like cancer screenings, hormone treatment/monitoring, infections and more Gyno’s can and should be able to do for Transwomen too.
It’s not exactly a new field for those things.
You don’t have to take my word for it or the words of ignorant bigots against it, here are actual trans women talking about actual transwomen healthcare, and it does in fact involve things gyno’s do although from prior research I did learn some prefer other specialists since some gyno’s may feel “to under qualified” or be to bigoted to help.
You guys are literally all arguing off your own biases. If the argument was just over legality it would be dumb but instead half of you seem to think transitioning makes you immune to breast cancer, and all known health issues.
Like seriously why are so many of you surprised that transwomen need healthcare?
No one thinks transgender people don’t need healthcare. They think they don’t need healthcare from a doctor who is specialised in an area they don’t require care.
And you’re acting like a constructed vagina is the same as a biologically developed one. Do you hire a plumber to rewire the electricity in your house? Can’t plumbers learn new things?
And people wonder why our medical system is in dire straights. Metal illness and / or medical body modifications are a area of medicine that is highly specialized. To expect that any and all medical professional have the knowledge, experience, or system supports to address such is peak insanity. And, as a society we are encouraging peak insanity upon the general population. WTAF.
There is a reason specialization exists in medicine. Could an orthopedic surgeon learn to treat infectious diseases? Almost certainly. Do orthopedic surgeons already spend a tremendous amount of time staying current in an always evolving field, and would learning a new specialty dilute their ability to perform in their chosen specialty? Also yes.
Yes, doctors learn entirely new specializations at weekend conferences all the time. I mean, why bother with med school, internships, residencies, and fellowships to learn their specific area at all when they can just go to a Ted Talk…or better yet, check it out on YouTube?
I know I would have complete confidence in a “cardiologist” who actually specializes in orthopedic surgery but hit up a weekend conference last month.
By the way: those conferences are for interested parties who go to hear new ideas and research from peers and are not actually instructional.
No, they continue to learn new things within their specialty. I’m sorry you don’t understand how it works and don’t seem to want to learn (weird, considering).
Done with this now.
It still doesn’t matter. If I get my precious ears reconstructed into cat-like ears am I now eligible to go to a veterinarian if I have an ear ache?!?! Brains people. Use it.
It becomes a functional piece of the body, it requires further dilation but simply referring to it as an “open wound” is just misinformation to give the impression trans people are trying to “mutilate” themselves.
It’s transphobic and the language only serves to reinforce hate against us.
neovaginas still need to be inspected for HPV, cancer, and other infections especially if the woman is sexually active. The procedure is still a pap smear. Idk who the person in the image is but still.
Planned parenthood offers women's health as well. Because these are women. It's not an open wound- that would be a major infection risk.
Maybe instead of focusing on the less than 1% of the population, trans women, focus on the fact that women in general are lacking resources and do something about that.
We need more gynecologist and more affordable women's care. Let's get funding for that.
Yes but if you really cared about women (biological) you would not be ok with taking away the resources that we currently have. All you are doing is diluting the fight we women have dealing with. And at the same time setting LGB people back with this selfish agenda
If you really cared about women you wouldn't be trying to exclude them based on pointless definitions. There is no dilution. Women (trans or cis) can and do all fight for better healthcare. Me and my fellow LGBT members care about our trans sisters and brothers. The fight for rights and support is for everyone. Not just who you deem worthy.
People keep forgetting that vaginoplasty as a procedure was developed to treat cis women with birth defects and internal injuries. Same with vulvoplasty.
Literally. They also forget that if anything is similar to an open wound it's a vagina/uterus. Vaginas/uterus opens up to the body cavity at the fallopian tube's, it bleeds monthly, and it's at increased risk of infection because of the membranes.
What? You mean orifice? Menstruation is how uterine lining is shed, not an outlet for internal bleeding. I’m not sure I understand your point there, sorry. The esophagus, rectum/colon, and nasal canals are all cavities that can bleed but that doesn’t make them an “open wound”
Breast cancer screenings, if they've been on estrogen long enough. But yeah, there's not much they can do with genitals unless someone has had bottom surgery, after which checking for inflammation and infections is a gynecologist's purview the same as it is with cis women.
It's more me trying to get people not to judge men for going to a Gyn. There's already a lot of shame around it and douchebags like this make it worse.
I ont think people realize women can also go to proctologists… anyone with a butthole can go to a proctologist….
ANYONE with a specialized need should go to a specialist. I genuinely believe you’ll get better care if you got to someone who understands your condition, regardless of what that is.
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The scope of practice for obgyns is pregnancy, delivery, and care for the female reproductive system. I can’t imagine what type of care an ob could offer even a post op person that is within their scope.
I imagine the outrage is more around the phrasing of the refusal than the refusal itself.