How to Ask a Transgender Person About Their Medical History
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- This video discusses tips from a transgender medical student for how to ask trans and gender diverse patients about their medical history in a respectful and dignifying manner.
This is great, thank you! I'm not a doctor, but I am a special education teacher, and medical information has to go on a student's IEP. I have a few trans students.
I'm not trans, and I don't know if I know any trans people. I may know hundreds or none at all. But this stuff you're putting out needs to be out there. Kudos to you for doing it.
I appreciate the support! And I'm glad you find the videos to be informative!
I feel like a lot of forms just need to updated to match the current world dynamic with gender, etc.
Hey, thanks for making this video! Our teaching lacks in this area, and the last thing I would ever want to do once I graduate would be to offend someone. This is a great way to approach the history! Keep making this videos! Especially sexual history, it's probably the hardest area to approach with no training.
Thank you for watching!
1:13 _”I do not speak for the entire trans community …”_
Even though I’m not trans, I feel like this use of “community” isn’t really the word all the time. For instance, just because someone feels “trans” doesn’t mean they have opted to join or be included in a “community,” per se. Some people just want to exist in whatever context they find themselves in. The “community” they live in is the same “community” as everyone else around them.
I would love to just live in the same community as everyone else around me, however I'm not sure if you've noticed that trans people are fighting every day to just exist without problems. We have a tight community surrounding this part of our identity because out identity is a reason to be ostracized, kicked out of our homes, and even become the victims of violence. Not everyone feels a need to be part of a specific community, but for many of us the LGBTQ+ community is our only lifeline.
Especially as you admit you're not trans, I really think, you should just not try to speak for what community trans people should/should not have. I'm honestly curious why you believe your opinion needed to be heard in a minority group you're not part of.
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First thought: don’t.
Oh, you mean as a medical professional. I see.
Yeah, if you aren't a medical professional you should stay out of someone's medical history.
@@Dr.BenHamilton I first thought this was your reaction to a number of people in recent chats (of mutual channels), who had wondered how to ask their date about that date’s genitals (like this was something they really needed to know before the end of a first date or something). I almost expected you to just say “Don’t. They will either tell you in their own time, or it won’t matter as much to you as time progresses.” I didn’t immediately realise how necessary it is to educate your future colleagues on that, but duh! - of course it is.
@@sebidotorg that's a good point and maybe I should do a separate video addressing those comments.
Sounds like walking in minefield