As a passing trans man with a lot of medical issues, I feel this.
Ive seen it all. Doctors that refused to treat me. "Trans broken arm syndrome." A nurse telling me Ill be going to Hell. (Would have cut more if I was in any way religious) Ive had staff breaking HIPAA, talking openly about my trans-ness in busy waiting rooms and in the cinical setting. Ive had times where doctors didnt believe I was AFAB, and one clueless one who was doing an intake assessment and asked me if I was experiencing any discomfort in my testicles. (I had already informed him of my trans status) Ive also had a similar thing happen as in OPs comic, where the office thought there was a glitch in my files and fought me over it!
I came out 15 years ago and have graced many doctors offices and medical related settings in that time. But still, the vast majority of the people whove had me under their care have been great, and its gotten better with time since things have become a little more progressive in my area. Most of the stuff I encountered in the past was due to ignorance and less outright bigotry, and Ive been able to largely avoid it for some time by sticking with offices that are not faith-based, which is where most of these interactions happened.
I’m so sorry you’ve had to deal with this. You all don’t deserve to be treated like that just because you’re trans. Sending you hugs. Also, what the absolute fuck is “trans broken arm syndrome”??? Is it just a broken arm but accused of happening because you’re trans?
Also, what the absolute fuck is “trans broken arm syndrome”??? Is it just a broken arm but accused of happening because you’re trans?
I have a reasonably rare and extremely painful skin condition where I get giant abcesses all over my body that burst and it's really painful and unsightly. I had a doctor try to tell me it was because I was on HRT and that if I stopped HRT, it would go away. Mind you, this is an incurable disease and the real kicker is I had it for like 5 years before I started HRT. Doesn't matter to them, it's easier to just blame it on their unknown than actually investigate the problem for what it is.
I'm on humira and it's pretty much the only thing that's worked so far. Tried the usual erythromycin and accutane and all that but no results. Humira has been working pretty well though, reduced my flare ups massively and when they do flare up, they aren't open and discharging for as long before healing again. I had surgery a few times ages ago to get one particularly annoying lump removed but it kept recurring so I just deal with it now
I appreciate the info and your willingness to share. I’m sorry for your past experience and I hope for your case it was due to ignorance rather than hate, because at least ignorance can be corrected. Have a great day!
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u/SplicerGonClean Jul 31 '26
As a passing trans man with a lot of medical issues, I feel this.
Ive seen it all. Doctors that refused to treat me. "Trans broken arm syndrome." A nurse telling me Ill be going to Hell. (Would have cut more if I was in any way religious) Ive had staff breaking HIPAA, talking openly about my trans-ness in busy waiting rooms and in the cinical setting. Ive had times where doctors didnt believe I was AFAB, and one clueless one who was doing an intake assessment and asked me if I was experiencing any discomfort in my testicles. (I had already informed him of my trans status) Ive also had a similar thing happen as in OPs comic, where the office thought there was a glitch in my files and fought me over it!
I came out 15 years ago and have graced many doctors offices and medical related settings in that time. But still, the vast majority of the people whove had me under their care have been great, and its gotten better with time since things have become a little more progressive in my area. Most of the stuff I encountered in the past was due to ignorance and less outright bigotry, and Ive been able to largely avoid it for some time by sticking with offices that are not faith-based, which is where most of these interactions happened.