Listing a health provider as being female/make when they are TW/TM

Can't believe the thread was pulled i mean if there's a published interview surely there can be a discussion

The "it never happens" thread a bit full is it

I'll also repeat. Medicine should be about the patient . They are scared or dying or sick its not the time or place.

Not that gaslighting is acceptable any time .

I checked what it said about this doctor in the GMC register. They are listed as female. There is also a male doctor with the same surname, identical qualifications etc.who is no longer registered.

www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/the-medical-register#searchTheRegister

I think this is a huge breach of trust. Not least because we are all made to feel guilty about using the NHS at all, which would make it doubly difficult to refuse to be examined once you find yourself in the room with that person. You'd have the awkwardness of saying no (with all the ingrained female behaviour of not wanting to hurt the other person's feelings, even when not doing so is detrimental to our own feelings) plus the 'resources are scarce, someone else could have had that appointment' issue.

I think this is perhaps an ever greater issue in a hospital setting than in a GPs surgery. At least you have a chance of knowing something about the doctors at your GPs. Imagine waiting years for a gynae consultant appointment for example, then arriving to find that what you thought was a woman actually isn't.

Totally agree about not being deceived. I suppose some trans people wouldn't consider it a deception but I do.

Agree too and will repeat what I said in the other thread.

If I have a Woman’s medical issue- my male GP always asks if I’d rather see one of the Women GPs. I always say yes. So do I now have to wait until I actually get to the appt to determine if the Dr is a woman or a TW?

If trans people who are doctors state they are trans rather than pretend they are women or men when they are not, then patients would theoretically have a choice, or be able to ask for a chaperone. Trans patients would also know confidently they would be treated by a trans doctor . Deception is never a good idea. However I would bet that most patients would prefer a doctor of the same sex for intimate exams. And should not be considered transphobic if they ask for this.

this would piss me off too. I am not actually massively bothered but if I was going to the GP to talk about, say, menopause issues, I would want to excerise my rights to speak to a female doctor and would rebook the appt if they turned out to be male. My surgery automatically ask.me if I want to see a female doctor most of the time so I'm not sure how this would work for then. I suspect they would just manipulate it behind the scenes so anyone requesting a female doctor didn't get the trans one and anyone not stating a preference did. Prompting all kinds of discrimination claims and uproar from the trans doctor, no doubt.

I don't actually care most of the time but if I am ever seeing a GP about something gynaecological, or to do with my mental or sexual health then I damn well want to speak with someone that has experienced my biological reality.

Completely agree