Comment on 'A cavity is not a vagina': Trans woman refused healthcare in France

qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  from what I know of a friend: There’s some stretching required of the new vaginal entrance (medically prescribed dildos back in fashion!) and yes, trans women can potentially develop cancer much like their cis counterparts. Generally advised to get it checked every so often to make sure it’s all up to snuff.

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  • viking@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    can potentially develop cancer much like their cis counterparts

    No. Very much unlike their cis counterparts, a female transperson has no uterus, no fallopian tubes, or any other part commonly found in a vagina. They can develop topical cancers such as skin cancers or subdermal cancers as in literally any tissue anywhere in their bodies, but those are not cancers generally found during a pap-smear (which is the primary domain of a gyno). Any sufficiently skilled GP or dermatologist would be equally or better suited.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You try and get a dermatologist or gp to inspect vaginal tissue, they’re gonna refer you to a gyno

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  • Whirlybird@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not at all true. You can’t get cervical cancer without a cervix.

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  • qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And is that care provided by general practice gynecologists or specialized ones?

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      She had a standard gyno

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      • qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That is actually very good and interesting to know.

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• Whirlybird@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Trans women are lifelong medical patients. Those that get “bottom surgery” almost all seem to need follow up surgeries to fix issues because it’s literally a gaping wound that needs to be regularly “dilated” to keep from closing up which would cause even bigger medical issues.

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