queerheadcanonoftheday:

raimagnolia:

queerheadcanonoftheday: queerheadcanonoftheday: Because it’s gross and inaccurate. Because if “biological female” mean “woman born with a vagina”, that means I’m at least in part not a female. And if “biological male” means “man born with a penis”, then you’re at least in part not a male.



And I mean people literally use it to say I’m a “biological male”. No. FUCK no. I am in no way or part a male.



Like just say “person with a vagina/penis”. Knock it off with that “biological” bs. I’m just as biologically female as a cis woman. The same hormones that gave her boobs gave me boobs, my body just needed some help to make sure it produced enough of the stuff. Feel free to reblog this, btw, if it floats your boat. More people should know this is a gross thing to say. …But in science…aren’t these the terms we use? When writing down the biological sex?

Genuine question. Is there anyone here who’s a transmale/transfemale doctor? I’ve been wondering how they go about asking someone when they need to examine a patient. Some diseases are more common in men than women, or women than men… So at some point in time, wouldn’t this have to be asked? I get people who aren’t doctors and just say this to be asshole are bad, but I’m talking about in the medical field. The last doc I talked to about this said she didn’t know, and I wonder if there’s been any medical training for these special kind of situations.

I’ve got some unfortunate news for you… science is biased. Like, heavily. Mostly by views of white, straight, cis men.



I mean, if you say you’re a trans woman, then, like…. a doctor should know what that entails? They could maybe ask you if you’ve had bottom surgery, so they know the general situation of your downstairs, but… I mean, if you’re seeing your own personal doctor, especially, then them actually knowing about your own unique body is more important than having a vague idea of what your body should be like because you were born with certain genitalia. That’s true even for cis people.



Like the hormones running through my body change it drastically from that of a cis man. If someone were to medically examine me with the notion that my body should be compared to that of cis men, they would not be able to do so correctly.



There’s just literally no reason to call me a man ever. Even my doctor. My hormone doctor doesn’t call me one, even on my paperwork. There’s just no need for it. And doctors and other people in the medical field need to acknowledge that and adjust accordingly, because otherwise they are doing more harm than good.