In reality, he was pregnant — a transgender man in labour that was about to end in a stillbirth. “He was rightly classified as a man” in the medical records and appears masculine, Stroumsa said. “Medical training should include exposure to transgender patients” so health workers are better able to meet their needs, Wexler said. Nic Rider, a transgender health specialist and psychologist at the University of Minnesota, said training isn’t enough. Transgender people often run into problems getting gender-specific health care such as cervical cancer screening, birth control and prostate cancer screenings.

Source: National Post May 15, 2019 21:00 UTC