Advocate.comIowa Man Alleges Discrimination at HospitalFor the second time in recent weeks, a transgender man in Iowa has has alleged that the state's medical profession either discriminates or doesn't know how to deal with transgender patients.
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall | May 09 2012 2:37 PM ET | Retrieved from the Internet on May 16, 2012 by SJ
http://www.advocate.com/health/health-news/2012/05/09/iowa-man-alleges-discrimination-hospital
Shay OReillyFor the second time in recent weeks, a transgender man in Iowa has has alleged that the states's medical profession either discriminates or doesn't know how to deal with transgender patients. Shay O'Reilly recently filed a complaint with state officials after being denied medical care allegedly because he is transgender. O'Reilly, a former University of Iowa student, told Adam B. Sullivan of Iowa City Patch that he called the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in April to make an appointment with an endocrynologist (who are often the primary care physicians for trans people undergoing hormone therapy).
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Iowa City Transgender Man Said He Was Initially Denied Hospital TreatmentA local transgender man said a hospital staffer told him he couldn't be treated for hormone issues. By Adam B Sullivan | May 8, 2012 | Retrieved from the Internet on May 16, 2012 by SJ
http://iowacity.patch.com/articles/health-barriers-still-exist-for-iowa-city-transgender-populationDespite local efforts to improve health care for transgender patients, a local man says barriers still exist.
Shay O'Reilly, a local transgender man and former University of Iowa student, said he filed a complaint with state officials last week after he was initially denied medical care because he's transgender.
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UI student's medical experience raises questions about transgender care in IowaBY JORDYN REILAND | APRIL 04, 2012 6:30 AM | Retrieved from the Internet on May 16, 2012 by SJ
http://www.dailyiowan.com/2012/04/04/Metro/27743.htmlZeke Swim sits on a soft black couch sipping deeply from his coffee. The 20-year-old University of Iowa psychology and sociology student has a partner, gets good grades, and is involved in his community. But life was not always so comfortable for him.
Swim is a transgender male — a person who was born female but has sometimes undergone steps to physically alter her body through hormonal treatment and possible surgery and identifies as a male. He has been undergoing hormone therapy for almost seven years — since he was 15.
But in July 2010, the onset of unexpected abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding caused him to seek medical attention. Swim's subsequent treatment — a seven-month ordeal that, he says, consisted of 15 emergency-room visits, 78 vials of blood drawn, and one major surgery — led him to make some stark realizations about the current treatment of transgender patients in local hospitals:
