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So much negativity in these comments.
Having read the guidelines, I think they're pretty reasonable.
I'm sure it's not perfect, but this could help people. A trans relative of mine has been mistreated by specific doctors, and being able to signal to others to stay away from these person could really help others.
Right now, the worst that can happen is that someone is wrongly flagged and a small minority of people dislike them, but the good it can do is greater.
I am sure that you understand that this sentence without any additional context means nothing.
I thought it was fairly clear, but I'll elaborate.
If a trans person is discriminated against by their doctor, then having a mechanism to warn other trans people away from that doctor so they don't waste their time or go through unpleasant experiences would be useful.
Same can be said of therapists etc.
To be honest we should probably have a way of publicly rating medical professionals in general, regardless of whether you are trans or not, but trans people probably need it more than the average person.
Ok, I will be brutally explicit: this person think having been mistreated because he is a biological male thinking to be a woman and the doctor said that he cannot menstruate (or flipping the sides she is a biological woman thinking to be a man and was said she cannot have prostate cancer) or because the doctor mistreated him since the doctor is an asshole and/or did big and clear medical mistakes ?
Because I imagine that you understand that in the first case, the problem is not the doctor saying a truth while in the second case the doctor should be banned from the profession in any case because this doctor is a danger to everyone not only your trans relative.
Here I agree 1000% with you, a bad doctor is a bad doctor irregardless who the patient is.
I'll get back to you on that, but just to be clear transphobia on a medical level is more about gaslighting trans people and / or denying them the treatment they need.
The doctor in question could also campaign against allowing trans rights, spread misinformation or personally deny them a referral to get the treatment they need.
Wait times for trans-specific procedures can be astronomical compared to other procedures in the same country. Think years in wait time.
I don't think most trans people complain about doctors mentioning what genitals or conditions they may have in 1-1 conversations.
All of that said, I am not trans myself, so I'm not the right person to ask. It's best to ask trans people themselves about their experiences in the healthcare industry, but they have unique challenges.
Wait, if a doctor refuse a legitimate treatment to a person he must be banned from the profession. That the person who had the treatment refused is a trans is completely irrelevant.
I think that what a doctor does in its free time is somewhat irrelevant as long as it do not interfere with his job, but I see your point.
Then this doctor is a danger to everyone, trans or not, and need to be banned from the profession.
If the trans-specific procedures is a life-saving one, then it is wrong on so many level, else maybe it is just a problem of resource allocation.
Me neither, I simply think that a trans is just another human being, just with a different set of problems, and must be treated this way. As long as trans don't try to impose me their ideas I simply think live and let live.