In contrast, women who identify as male are not being offered neither routine breast screenings nor cervical cancer checks in case they may feel offended by such tests.
Public Health England published a pamphlet containing “Information for trans people”. The 24-page booklet, paid for by taxpayers, explains “who we invite for screening”.
According to UK tabloid, The Sun some transgenders who register as they wish to identify as, they will not be invited to undergo tests.
Transmen – born female – registered as male, will therefore not be invited for routine breast screenings at 50, or cervical screening. But if a transwoman registers as female they will be routinely invited for cervical screening.
Transmen identifying as women will not be tested for a blood vessel defect called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) either. From the age of 65 men, British men are invited to attend an ultrasound scan. This condition is six times more comment in older men than women, and if left untreated can result in a fatal artery rupture.
The booklet warns however: “Any trans woman [born male] will have the same risk as a man and should consider accessing screening.”
But there are exceptions: “If you are a trans woman aged 65 who is registered with a GP as female, you won’t be invited for screening.”
Public Health England maintain that screening invitations were automatically sent out by computer and based on the patients’ registered age and sex.
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