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how can you have a smear test when you haven't got a cervix?

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k2p2k2tog · 14/01/2018 10:23

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5266833/NHS-breast-cancer-screening-not-offered-trans-men.html

Story basically saying that anyone registered as "female" is being invited for a smear. So transwomen who do not have and who have never had a cervix, are getting the letter. On the flip side, transmen who have not had a mastectomy are not being invited for breast screening.

This is surely total madness? I don't have my cervix any more after a hysterectomy, and that was cause for celebration. Surely even the most ardent transactivist wouldn't expect to be called for a smear?

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BeeInMyBonnet1985 · 14/01/2018 10:50

Perhaps the Daily Mail are reporting it because of their own political agenda...but honestly, do I care? No. The Mail didn't make the story up, they're only reporting on what Public Health England and the NHS are actually doing. And it's something that everybody SHOULD be angry about.

Gileswithachainsaw · 14/01/2018 10:42

This is so ridiculous.

What a waste of time and money on unnecessary appointments. S real woman may miss out or have delayed appointment as s result.

And why are life altering irreversible operations being performed on people to mentally unstable to handle their own medical needs?

I thought the ops cured everything anyway? Why are they still worried about validation or causing upset?

Trills · 14/01/2018 10:38

The Daily Mail is trying to make you angry. Don't fall for it.

BeeInMyBonnet1985 · 14/01/2018 10:38

I can't imagine any greater sense of victory and validation for some transwomen than the opportunity to get their legs in stirrups and force an (unwilling?) doctor or nurse to prod around in their penile cavity and resend not to notice the lack of a cervix.

I mean, sure, some transmen will probably die from undiagnosed cancers, and the NHS is already haemorrhaging so much money that patients are being denied life-extending drugs...but hey, if it gives some transwomen a glow of validation (and potentially the chance to pressure someone else into interacting with their genitals) then I guess it's a-okay.

AssignedPuuurfectAtBirth · 14/01/2018 10:36

It's their lady cervix, you big mean transphobe.

Why would you deny a woman of any kind the experience of having their vagina expanded by a cold speculum.

For those pre-op, one can only ruminate as to the procedure