I've been hoping to find an appropriate forum for the following message, and I think I've found one here.
I recently discovered that the patient information page of the online patient interface that two of my doctors use, MyChart, has been influenced by gender identity ideology. I would like to call attention to this problem and share with readers what I am doing about it.
The patient information page in MyChart is an electronic form with pre-determined headings over blank spaces and a pre-determined menu of responses under each heading. The patient fills the blank with the correct choice from the menu and saves the input.
I recently noticed to my dismay that my sex (male) is displayed on that page under the heading "Sex Assigned at Birth."
I also noticed that my sex appears elsewhere on that page under another heading, "Gender Identity." Nooo!
I felt angry and hopeless about the discovery. I was angry that a medical practice had so lost sight of biology and science and its duty to its patients that it had allowed itself to be captured by gender identity ideology. There is absolutely no scientific basis for the notion that doctors routinely "assign" a sex to the infants they deliver. In fact, in all but 0.02 percent of births, the newborn's biological sex is observable and determined by its genitals. Likewise, the idea that people possess gender identities has its roots in philosophy and activism, not science, biology or medicine. I do not want the world to think that I go along with either fiction. I also want to push back against this manifestation of gender identity ideology.
I felt hopeless because the organizations responsible for this distortion of biology and science are large, anonymous, entrenched and have far more resources at their disposal than I do.
Nevertheless, using the message function in MyChart, I sent both organizations my written objection to the erroneous way they are presenting my personal information. I asked them to correct the errors.
This is the message I sent to one of the medical practices. (The message function allows users to specify the type of message they're sending, and in this case I was able to identify mine as a complaint. I did not have that option with the other practice, so I had to send the message to their tech people.)
Subject: Please correct errors in MyChart's form for my personal information
There are two errors in the online form that MyChart uses to store my personal information. A copy of that form is attached.
Like many people, I reject gender identity ideology. It is activism, not science. It has no place in medicine.
The form gives my "Sex Assigned at Birth." That is incorrect. My sex (M) was biologically determined at the moment of my conception, and it was OBSERVED, not assigned, by the doctor who delivered me in Caracas, Venezuela almost 69 years ago. Only in 0.02% of newborns do doctors assign sex at birth due to ambiguous characteristics.
Please give me the option of selecting "Sex Observed at Birth" or just plain "Sex" so I can correct this erroneous information in my medical records.
2) The form has a space for my "gender identity." I do not have a gender identity. That means I do not "identify as" a male. I AM male. To protest the form, I have selected "Choose not to disclose" from the menu options. That is not satisfactory.
Please add "None" to the menu of options so I can select the option that will make my medical records accurate.
As I sent the messages yesterday, Sunday, and today is Monday, I have not yet received any replies.
In the back of my mind there is the fear that if the organizations do not make the changes I am requesting and if I press the matter by escalating it, they might unilaterally terminate their relationship with me. In that case I would have to find a new primary care physician and a new specialist. Small practices are becoming increasingly rare. Chances are that if I found myself without those doctors, any other physicians I might consider would use online patient forms that were shaped by gender ideology in the same way.
Please exercise your own independent judgment in deciding whether and how to respond if you discover that your doctor's office is telling you and anyone else who happens to have access to your personal information that your sex was assigned at birth and that you have a gender identity.
I will try to keep the LGBT Courage Coalition updated on developments in my effort to correct the errors in question, but I cannot promise where or when that might be.
To close on a lighter note, I discovered that each medical practice offers its patients a different list of gender identities to chose from.
One of them, which is a small local practice, let me choose from among the following options:
Choose not to disclose
Female
Male
Non-binary
Other
Transgender Female
Transgender Male
The other is a multi-state behemoth. They probably enlisted hard-core genderqueer or trans activists for help in compiling these whimsical options:
Excited to be a part of this effort! Like so many parents entangled in the effects of this ideology, my brain is scrambled and anxious in a way I've never experienced before; nearly all of my energy is sapped in just trying to get my family safely from one day to the next. The energy I have left does not feel like enough to lead any thorough and well thought out "wrench" strategy. I would love for LGBTCC to continue to lead me. Tell me when and where to stick the wrenches and I will make it happen for all of our kids! Nothing would make me happier!
"We want to help develop ways for you and your affinity groups to raise the alarm and become the wrench. This month we will consider non violent direct action and next month quiet quitting. We welcome you along. "
Thank you!
I have long believed that non violent direct action is an ideal way to protest the presence of pseudo women in women's-only sports. However, my instincts could be wrong. Law enforcement presents a risk to the success of such protests. So do restrictive terms and conditions imposed on attendees by the venues and by the organizers.
In any case, I am eager to participate in non violent direct action to help beat back the manifestations of gender identity ideology. I hope that if and when this idea comes to fruition, it will be possible to be notified.
I've been hoping to find an appropriate forum for the following message, and I think I've found one here.
I recently discovered that the patient information page of the online patient interface that two of my doctors use, MyChart, has been influenced by gender identity ideology. I would like to call attention to this problem and share with readers what I am doing about it.
The patient information page in MyChart is an electronic form with pre-determined headings over blank spaces and a pre-determined menu of responses under each heading. The patient fills the blank with the correct choice from the menu and saves the input.
I recently noticed to my dismay that my sex (male) is displayed on that page under the heading "Sex Assigned at Birth."
I also noticed that my sex appears elsewhere on that page under another heading, "Gender Identity." Nooo!
I felt angry and hopeless about the discovery. I was angry that a medical practice had so lost sight of biology and science and its duty to its patients that it had allowed itself to be captured by gender identity ideology. There is absolutely no scientific basis for the notion that doctors routinely "assign" a sex to the infants they deliver. In fact, in all but 0.02 percent of births, the newborn's biological sex is observable and determined by its genitals. Likewise, the idea that people possess gender identities has its roots in philosophy and activism, not science, biology or medicine. I do not want the world to think that I go along with either fiction. I also want to push back against this manifestation of gender identity ideology.
I felt hopeless because the organizations responsible for this distortion of biology and science are large, anonymous, entrenched and have far more resources at their disposal than I do.
Nevertheless, using the message function in MyChart, I sent both organizations my written objection to the erroneous way they are presenting my personal information. I asked them to correct the errors.
This is the message I sent to one of the medical practices. (The message function allows users to specify the type of message they're sending, and in this case I was able to identify mine as a complaint. I did not have that option with the other practice, so I had to send the message to their tech people.)
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Subject: Please correct errors in MyChart's form for my personal information
There are two errors in the online form that MyChart uses to store my personal information. A copy of that form is attached.
Like many people, I reject gender identity ideology. It is activism, not science. It has no place in medicine.
The form gives my "Sex Assigned at Birth." That is incorrect. My sex (M) was biologically determined at the moment of my conception, and it was OBSERVED, not assigned, by the doctor who delivered me in Caracas, Venezuela almost 69 years ago. Only in 0.02% of newborns do doctors assign sex at birth due to ambiguous characteristics.
Please give me the option of selecting "Sex Observed at Birth" or just plain "Sex" so I can correct this erroneous information in my medical records.
2) The form has a space for my "gender identity." I do not have a gender identity. That means I do not "identify as" a male. I AM male. To protest the form, I have selected "Choose not to disclose" from the menu options. That is not satisfactory.
Please add "None" to the menu of options so I can select the option that will make my medical records accurate.
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As I sent the messages yesterday, Sunday, and today is Monday, I have not yet received any replies.
In the back of my mind there is the fear that if the organizations do not make the changes I am requesting and if I press the matter by escalating it, they might unilaterally terminate their relationship with me. In that case I would have to find a new primary care physician and a new specialist. Small practices are becoming increasingly rare. Chances are that if I found myself without those doctors, any other physicians I might consider would use online patient forms that were shaped by gender ideology in the same way.
Please exercise your own independent judgment in deciding whether and how to respond if you discover that your doctor's office is telling you and anyone else who happens to have access to your personal information that your sex was assigned at birth and that you have a gender identity.
I will try to keep the LGBT Courage Coalition updated on developments in my effort to correct the errors in question, but I cannot promise where or when that might be.
To close on a lighter note, I discovered that each medical practice offers its patients a different list of gender identities to chose from.
One of them, which is a small local practice, let me choose from among the following options:
Choose not to disclose
Female
Male
Non-binary
Other
Transgender Female
Transgender Male
The other is a multi-state behemoth. They probably enlisted hard-core genderqueer or trans activists for help in compiling these whimsical options:
Agender
Choose not to disclose
Demiboy
Demigirl
Female
Gender fluid
Genderqueer
Male
Nonbinary
Other
Transgender Female
Transgender Male
Two Spirit
Unknown (unable to collect)
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Demiboy and Demigirl? LOL
This is excellent! Thank you!
Excited to be a part of this effort! Like so many parents entangled in the effects of this ideology, my brain is scrambled and anxious in a way I've never experienced before; nearly all of my energy is sapped in just trying to get my family safely from one day to the next. The energy I have left does not feel like enough to lead any thorough and well thought out "wrench" strategy. I would love for LGBTCC to continue to lead me. Tell me when and where to stick the wrenches and I will make it happen for all of our kids! Nothing would make me happier!
I can listen if you need to discuss your situation.
"We want to help develop ways for you and your affinity groups to raise the alarm and become the wrench. This month we will consider non violent direct action and next month quiet quitting. We welcome you along. "
Thank you!
I have long believed that non violent direct action is an ideal way to protest the presence of pseudo women in women's-only sports. However, my instincts could be wrong. Law enforcement presents a risk to the success of such protests. So do restrictive terms and conditions imposed on attendees by the venues and by the organizers.
In any case, I am eager to participate in non violent direct action to help beat back the manifestations of gender identity ideology. I hope that if and when this idea comes to fruition, it will be possible to be notified.
I am IN!