the offensive diagnosis of a gynecologist to a woman

A discriminatory and unusual event occurred in Murcia, Spain, after a woman saw the gynecologist because she had an irregular menstrual cycle and was diagnosed as “homosexual”.

The 19-year-old requested a consultation on October 4 at Reina Sofía Hospital for a pelvic exam after dealing with a polymenorea, a condition that shortens menstrual cycles.

Without thinking it was relevant, she told the gynecologist that she was a lesbian, but was surprised when they gave her her diagnosis, which said “Illness: Homosexual”.

“I laughed at first, but that’s how it is,” the young woman told elDiario.es. And she remembered that she had left the office crying and in anguish.

The controversial diagnosis provoked a rejection within the pro-LGBTQ Galayctyco Collective, who sent a letter to the Ministry of Health in which he complained and denounces that the medical report is “homophobic”.

Santi, the girl’s mother, also complained to the same ministry. She is a health worker and told elDiario.es that she spoke about the situation to her colleagues, who confessed that the gynecologist in question has already received similar complaints.

“He asked if he could put that he was homosexual in the report,” says Santi, asking that his daughter was surprised and that she accepted because she believed at the time that it was relevant information. because the doctor had difficulty inserting the ultrasound into your vagina.

From the Galactyco collective, they indicate having sent letters to the ministry and SMS asking for an immediate rectification and an apology to the patient, as well as the application of Law 8/2016 of May 27, on the social equality of lesbians, gays, bisexual, transsexual. , transgender and intersex, which, in matters of health, commits the government of Murcia to ensure respectful treatment of LGTBI people and that health professionals have adequate training and information on homosexuality, bisexuality, transsexuality and intersexuality.