Woman forgoes cervical exam after request for female nurse gets her stubbly transexual instead
A woman who had requested a female nurse to conduct her cervical exam ( pap smear ) was shocked when a male nurse appeared instead who claimed to be "transsexual." The woman, who has not been named, described the nurse as having “an obviously male appearance, close-cropped hair, a male facial appearance and voice, [a] large number of tattoos and facial stubble.” The patient told Sunday Times , “People who are not comfortable about this are presented as bigots and this is kind of how I was made to feel about it.” She decided not to go through with her exam and later complained to the National Health Service . The woman said it was “weird where somebody says to you: ‘My gender is not male’ and you think ‘Well what does that even mean? You are clearly a man.’" The incident took place last September 17 at the North West London NHS Foundation. The NHS has apologized. The story highlights the difficulties transgenderism poses for women who...