Back in 2019, HuffPost did a piece on the fear and discomfort some trans women with male genitalia felt seeking out gynecological care. The problem is that the medical field has not kept up with the science. “The medical field in general still falls short of providing proper care to transgender patients,” HuffPost revealed. “Deadnaming, improper pronouns and a general lack of knowledge about transgender issues lead many from the trans community to avoid the doctor altogether.” And what about trans men? “As a man, will getting in the stirrups for an exam make me feel like a girl?”
The medical field has made some progress over the last few years, and the Washington Department of Health is advising transmasculine persons with a cervix to look into getting a cervical cancer screening.
Transmasculine persons with a cervix should talk to their doctor about #CervicalCancer screening and the #HPVvax. Find a LGBTQ-welcoming provider at https://t.co/b91Rqk8MZU pic.twitter.com/4ZpX6NZbKS
— WA Dept. of Health (@WADeptHealth) January 13, 2023
This is a joke.
— Cory Procter (@CoryProcter) January 14, 2023
— Five Times August (@FiveTimesAugust) January 13, 2023
This is mental illness.
— Jeremy Knauff (@jeremyknauff) January 14, 2023
“Trust the science” 🤡
— AT (@justadudeAT) January 13, 2023
You mean women?
— ATwitShow 😉 (@sassyblondie1) January 14, 2023
https://twitter.com/emmesame/status/1614170967651258368
How can you say you live in Washington without saying you live in Washington?
— Anton Torres (@Esco_Anton) January 14, 2023
What in the upside down world is this? You have to be kidding. What has happened to our institutions? I can say with almost 100% certainty that a white woman is behind this.
— UnderCvrTherapist 🇺🇸 (@UndrCvrCounsel) January 14, 2023
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Please stop this nonsense!
— Joe Fisher (@jsphfshr) January 14, 2023
Transmasculine persons with a cervix is my new favorite way of saying a woman
— Paulie (@pauliebignuts99) January 14, 2023
Once again, our whole identity is centered around men. 🙃 If you were operating in good faith that might bother you.
— Sour Patch Lyds 👎🏻🇺🇦 (@sourpatchlyds) January 14, 2023
Only women need checks for cervical cancer.
— Washington State Political Watch (@WApolwatch) January 13, 2023
Men don't have cervixes, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
— Johnny De Silveira (@canuck4liberty) January 14, 2023
My native tongue isn’t English. Who are these “transmasculine persons” that you speak of? First time coming across this term.
— ரிபப்ளிக்கன் (@Milagaai) January 14, 2023
This is actually the first time we’ve come across “transmasculine.” From what we’ve learned from the Genderbread Person, it would be a person whose biological sex is female but whose gender identity is transgender and whose gender expression is masculine.
— Miss R (@MissR024) January 14, 2023
— Steven Falcon (@stevenfalcon) January 14, 2023
— Meh. To. Everything. 🇺🇸 (@mehonitall) January 14, 2023
Men can get cervical cancer — just one thing we’ve learned during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
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HuffPo says it is a problem that men without vaginas are scared to see a gynecologist, and the problems rest with…the medical industry…??? https://t.co/4nYQbZbM86
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 21, 2019