Lu's: a pharmacy for cis women?

http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/lus-a-pharmacy-for-cis-women/
7/8/09

It's unclear where the phrase "any woman who was born a woman" has come from – The Vancouver Courier is the only source I have seen which uses the term explicitly; note that the VWHC website (link here) refers simply to "women". Not "womyn born womyn", and not "self identified women"; just "women". The contact page of the VWHC website (link here) states that "our Centre is a space for women only".

However, history has shown us many times that the default meaning of "women" is, in reality, "cis women", so the use of "women" is a cause for concern if trans women are likely to be excluded.

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Vancouver Pharmacy Says No to Trans People

July 9, 2009

Transgender activist opposes Downtown Eastside pharmacy ban
By Charlie Smith

http://www.straight.com/article-238663/trans-activist-opposes-pharmacy-ban

The Vancouver Women's Health Collective will not serve transgender women at its new pharmacy on the Downtown Eastside. And that has a neighbourhood transgender activist alleging that the collective is discriminating against women like herself.

"That's not acceptable," Jamie Lee Hamilton told the Straight in a phone interview. "No city licence should be given out to any business that operates in the city of Vancouver if it chooses to discriminate."

Hamilton added that she plans on filling her next hormone prescription at Lu's: A Pharmacy for Women, which opened on July 7 at 29 West Hastings Street.

Transgender ban at Vancouver women-only pharmacy may violate profession's
code of ethics