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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Surely most female to male post-op transsexuals would have had a full hysterectomy, and therefore not have a cervix, and therefore not require smear tests?

Post op, yes I would imagine so, though not many transmen actually are post op. Not many trans people fullstop are post op, but transmen even less so (the surgery for transmen is not quite as advanced as for transwomen, the results are...not quite as good) and you do not have to be post op to 'change sex' either on your GP register or on a birth certificate.

And if they put their sex as male when registering, they are not called for smears...obvously as males do not need smears. Other way, transwomen are called for smears, and some actually look forward to getting the letter asking them to come for one as its the ultimate validation Along with other checks that are normally done on males, not being sent to them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...trans-men.html

Or if you prefer the document itself than a mail link

https://assets.publishing.service.go...ng_leaflet.pdf

Its not an issue if the trans person is actually honest about their sex. But if they registered somewhere and put themselves as the opposite sex, they would not be called for sex appropriate screening, as its all automated.

Of course, they are harming noone but themselves if they refuse to acknowledge their sex in a medical setting, so maybe this shouldn't concern me. But the system is ****ing stupid, again. I am not sure its 'PC' as much as its...old systems that there is either no cash to update, or noone is concerned enough to upate them.

Basically, this could be solved by GP systems and such also acknowledging that sex and gender are different bloody things, rather than mixing up the two. Though maybe if someone is going to some lengths to deny their actual sex, then I guess they would not go for sex specific health checks to start with...hmm


Edit. All of this^ is neither here nor there though when discussing if GPs should use preferred pronouns. AsI said earlier, I think they should, but they should also be able to refer to a patients sex when its necessary to do so.