For Trans People, a Doctor’s Visit Can Be a Dilemma
Quality Care Requires Understanding Our Biological Needs—But Not Defining Us By Them
Nine years ago, when I spotted blood in my ejaculate, I made an appointment to see my urologist. I quickly found myself to be the only woman in the waiting room. A handful of men surrounded me, and I could see the gears turning in their heads, wondering why a person who presented as and looked like a woman was waiting alongside them.
“Is your husband in there?” said the man two chairs to my right. As a transgender woman, passing as the gender I align with is one of the …
