Jul 20, 20202 min"I started bleeding for nine to eleven days every three weeks"I think I have endometriosis. I live in France. I haven't been diagnosed yet because no doctor has taken me seriously until now, and gett...
Jun 23, 20201 min"Getting healthcare in general is a bit of a nightmare in this state"I am in Georgia, in the US. Getting healthcare in general is a bit of a nightmare in this state and most care I get from my primary ($110...
Jun 23, 20201 min"In different ways, we've both experienced a lack of proper information"I'm living with my mother and experiencing a departure from menstruation at the same time as her. We get to share that in a way most inte...
Jun 23, 20201 min"It feels good to be unmedicated; to let my body do what it wants"I'm intersex so menstruation has always been a complex issue. I was put on hormones at 9 because I was going through puberty and had my f...
Jun 23, 20202 min"Then I had my first period that was life threatening"I started menstruating when I was 8 years old, and, at first, I didn't understand what the big deal was. I didn't cramp, and didn't exper...
Jun 22, 20201 min"I had to correct them that I am a transgender man"I’m fortunate to have received good care and my bad experiences hardly reach the extremes that others have gone through. However, I think...
Jun 22, 20202 min"No one ever asked me why I was so desperate for a hysterectomy"When I was accessing gynaecology services, I did not know I was non binary. I did not yet have the language to explain my experience. All...
Jun 22, 20201 min"I realised that I hadn't been invited for a smear test in over a decade"I haven't been able to access hormones because of a particularly nasty psychiatrist but I've changed my name and title everywhere, which ...
Jun 22, 20201 min"If you didn’t want to lose out on healthcare, you should have stayed in the closet"Even from healthcare professionals, there is the belief that if I die of cervical cancer, it will be my own fault for transitioning. I ‘c...
Jun 22, 20201 min"I'm still waiting for my first appointment at a GIC and so I'm still enduring periods"
Jun 21, 20202 min"I was simply placed on birth control pills"By Quinten Further My mother made me see a gynocologist when I was 15/16 due to heavy / painful periods that kept me bed bound. I had att...
Jun 21, 20202 minAn introduction to People Who MenstruateI originally published this over on my Medium page here. Last week Good Morning Britain hosted a panel discussion with two trans hostile ...
Jun 16, 20201 minWelcome!This is the the People Who Menstruate blog, sharing stories from trans men and non-binary people about gynaecological healthcare and thei...