[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I wouldn't say it was an administrative error, more stupidity in the 'rules'. No transwoman should be registered as female, and no transman as male in a medical setting. I would put money on it being that ridiculous extremist transactivist group 'action for transhealth' pressuring the NHS to register people as the opposite sex. I would also put money on doctors thinking this is all bat**** but having to go along with it for fear of being sacked for 'transphobia' if they speak up.

Identify as whatever the hell you want, but biology does matter in a few areas of life (especially health) and sex cannot be changed and this is risking peoples health for very silly reasons.

I meant it's administration rather than doctors choosing to not invite patients as to why the invites are being sent to the wrong people and not to other people. Yes there are a lot of other factors within all of this too but the way it's being reported is very misleading in suggesting that doctors are making a decision that's harmful to their patients which is what I was clarifying, and that it's administrative from their point of view. Of course the reasons as to why a trans person might select the wrong 'birth sex' takes it out of administration and there's a whole load of other issues there but I wasn't really commenting on that.
I can only assume that their reasons would be to do with discomfort... I'm not sure if this is a recent trend, or if something changed recently which meant people were able to register their birth sex incorrectly whereas previously they weren't. I suppose if it is a new trend then transactivists could have played a part, I really don't know tbh. But my understanding is that the decision of how a transsexuals birth sex is registered comes down to them and not the doctor. I do agree though that the priority should just be the individuals health and that birth sex should be registered correctly, unfortunately some people don't look after their health, and don't go to screenings, for a variety of reasons across all walks of life. I'd guess that most trans men do put their health first with stuff like this (I'd hope anyway), but what can really be done about the ones that don't?