Evan Urquhart

I agree that doctors everywhere need to have better education on trans health. It's starting to happen slowly. I used to do trans health education work with med students/nurses/etc and they're definitely getting more info these days. but there's still a lot of improvement needed.

But your initial remark that trans men and AFAB NB folks don't have similar needs to cis women is pretty off the mark. Many of them do.

Some of them may

How many, and for how long? Your experience of having periods to the contrary, it’s rare.

The fact that I have periods has nothing to do with my gynecological needs, though. Most cis women's only interaction with a gynecologist is for annual exams, which trans men should be having anyway, regardless of sexual preference.

And for those who are bi or gay, which I've seen posited as roughly 60% of the trans male population, they should be seeing someone about birth control options.

I don’t disagree but I’m a bit on edge at what feels like an implication that straight trans men’s needs should be less visible or less respected or less important for education bc we’re a smaller number. Maybe that’s not what you meant.

That's not what I'm saying at all. Most doctors seem barely aware that gay/bi trans men exist, despite them actually being at least half the population. And those men have virtually the same needs as straight trans men, medically.