Israel LGBTQ+ Medical Society launches course on transgender-friendly protocols

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07/22/2024

When Y. J. Chichester Salant, a 27-year-old trans woman, went to an ENT doctor in Tel Aviv because of a serious upper respiratory infection, one of the first questions the doctor asked was about her “bottom surgery.” Salant, the health care coordinator at the Trans Center in Tel Aviv, was taken aback and told him that his question had no clinical relevance to her medical condition. She said that her experience illustrates the difficulties faced by transgender people seeking health care in Israel. “When ignorance, bias, or transphobia enters the picture,” Salant said, “going to a doctor can be a very traumatic experience.”

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