I would think doctor offices would ask what the gender assigned at birth is on the intake paperwork. I suppose not every employee will look at it and just assume, though. This reminds me of the database software I used at my job before having M, F, Trans, and GNC as options. It always annoyed me because the only reason you'd need to know if someone were trans is for medical purposes, and if that's the case you'd need to know whether they're MTF or FTM; you can't assume gender from a person's name. I always just put M or F for trans patients since it wasn't a field where gender was medically relevant.
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ngl i think its often hard to tell with certainty if someone is trans or what their native genitals might be from just looking at them and so its better to be safe and ask the questions/ask if they are trans, than to miss something because of assumtions
i in a similar way, i have been asked on multiple occasions whether i am preggers, before getting x-rayed (or maybe i'm just too fat? ;w;)
Everyone should be asking if you are pregnant before you get an xray. Standard and important question
my toxic trait is that i believe i can achieve it if i really tried
I'm a cis man (hope it's ok that I comment here) but I had to sign a form in high school when I took accutane saying I wouldn't get pregnant. At the time I thought it was a bit silly but it makes much more sense now.
Me yesterday, when casually asked about what the longest length my hair was before I cut it down to my current short hair.
waow im want this moment sometime in my life, huuuuuuuuuuuuh, pls im want it AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaAAAAAAAAaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
someone pls say that will def happen
my pass is weird thing heh, im was pass even pre-hrt in awful state to some ppl, or partialy pass(body nor face), now, im never a gendered as male for a year, more like not gendered at all, but if gendered im gendered as GIRL wwwwwaaaaaaaaaawaaaa mmrpp, even sometimes with short hair, weird weird weird
The only affirming thing I've had with doctors so far was a male doctor stepping out to get a female nurse to observe during a physical exam of my chest and treating the fact that I had boobs and a bra as normal despite the M on my paperwork and mostly presenting masc. And boobs being obvious on xrays.
cutie <3
For those curious, in this case you can say you have Müllerian agenesis syndrome. Or MRKH syndrome, or vaginal agenesis, which are other names. You then do have a vulva, though.
Another is estrogen insensitivity syndrome (though there are very few cases of these). People with these develop a masculine body (with testes and a penis).
WNT4 deficiency is also interesting, as it yields breast development but a lack of uterus and vagina, with hair growth on the breast and face.
Or, as the below poster said, no need to say anything. Shrug.
I would also not say anything when it's likely not relevant. But unless you're in danger by outing yourself I don't think you should be lying to doctors about having conditions you do not or saying you're intersex when you're transgender.
What would be the point or effect of saying "I have MRKH"?
It's an abbreviation of Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome.
Basically it's a syndrome by which the Müllerian ducts (the embyrological precursors to certain reproductive parts) partially to fully don't develop, resulting in a lacking uterus and vagina.
So it's to say "don't expect me to have a functioning uterus"? I was worried I missed the point
Basically, yeah. The syndrome can occur with cisgender people too, so it's a nice safe way to say you don't have a uterus without outing yourself.