Trans Woman Ridiculed, Rejected by Hospital

[Shana A]

Posted on Advocate.com  August 02, 2010
Trans Woman Ridiculed, Rejected by Hospital
By Michelle Garcia

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/08/02/Trans_Woman_Ridiculed_Rejected_from_Hospital/

A transgender woman said staff at a Muncie, Ind., hospital mocked her and denied her treatment after she came to the emergency room coughing up blood.

Erin Vaught showed up at the Ball Memorial Hospital on July 18 with her wife and son, according to the Chicago Tribune. When she tried to submit her information for hospital records, two workers entered her gender as male, despite her identification being female. Vaught said she pointed out that her ID card identifies her as female, to which one worker snickered and the other made an annoyed face. When she was taken to the examination room, hospital staff referred to her as "he-she," "it," and a "->-bleeped-<-."