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[deleted] t1_irz5qbr wrote

Reply to comment by Surfs_The_Box in New York residents who don't want to choose a gender can now choose "X" as a gender marker on a New York State license by maxcrazy

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Surfs_The_Box t1_irz7vga wrote

Like sure you have some points. But physiologically you are your original gender and a lot of your physiology will not change with your changed gender assignment.

Signs and symptoms and various disease processes will still apply according to your xy or xx chromosomes. Women and men are just different in certain ways that affect how we treat patients.

Edit: if the ID were to be more of use they would indicate origin gender and the new one. Would give us an idea if you menstruate, or what hormones are affecting your body.

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[deleted] t1_irz8t0f wrote

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Surfs_The_Box t1_irz9hf2 wrote

I just do not like being called a bad provider like some have done on this thread just because I think that knowing the birth gender of my patient is important.

Like to sugges your birth organs and hormones have nothing to do with patient care is ludicrous to suggest.

I can't tell you how important it is to arriving to a 911 call and helping someone figure out if their medical complaint is potentially fatal or not. Signs and symptoms are so different from men to women.

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Haunting-Key-3116 t1_irzdwi0 wrote

Thank goodness it is just a small negligible percentage of people who don’t understand why this matters in the EMS world and make a big deal out it. Thanks for your service

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crushbyrichardsiken t1_is0v0c6 wrote

happy to keep chatting in dms if you're curious, but otherwise I'm going to delete everything as I've started getting harassment comments. you're right in that they have no idea if you're a good provider based on the teaspoon of info here, that's ridiculous and obscene. I'm sorry people are saying things like that.

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