Thread by @FenitN

A doctor called one trans woman “it.” A nonbinary person was grilled about their pronouns during an ultrasound. A trans masculine person fled Tennessee as lawmakers restricted care.

We told the stories of trans people navigating health care. Paywall free wapo.st/3Zcf7bg

This story is part of a broader @washingtonpost series on trans life in America, bolstered by rare polling of the community w/ @KFF.

It’s the largest ever nongovernmental survey of trans people using a randomized sample. washingtonpost.com/health/interac…

Among the poll findings on health care:

Nearly half said they encountered doctors who knew little about caring for trans people

Nearly a third had doctors refuse to acknowledge their gender identity

washingtonpost.com/health/interac…

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