"my brother died of ovarian cancer"

[SCMocha]

attention-grabbing headline for this article from the independent:

inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/ian-duncan-deputy-speaker-house-lords-interview-brother-died-ovarian-cancer-1125221

ovarian cancer apparently "predominantly affects females" (!)

the article talks about the fault of health care providers for not understanding the needs of trans people, rather than focusing on the confusion that might arise from someone registering with a GP as 'male' who then doesn't get smear test notifications.

@NancyDrawed

While I am sensitive to the fact that Lord Duncan has lost his much loved sibling, surely each of us has to take responsibility for our own health up to a point?

Anyone who has transitioned (whether medically or not) KNOWS what sex they are and hopefully have been fully informed of if and where their risk of health conditions changes and what they need to look our for.

Be kind - affirm someone's chosen identity, don't deadname or misgender. But if something bad happens because of you respecting an individual's wishes and recording them as the sex they tell you they are, rather than the reality of their biology, it's your fault.

100% This.

“ Some people are registered with their affirmed gender, and not their sex assigned at birth”
People who intone the TWAW, TMAM mantra must bear some responsibility for that dangerous level of self-delusion.

@Reallyreallyborednow

80% of this article could be covered by ‘trans people retain their biological self and the health risks associated with that and if the nhs records the biological sex and books suitable screenings for it trans lives will be saved. My brother could have been saved

I agree. But what is not clear is how the nhs could have saved the brother when he was living in the US without proper health insurance.

This.