1 /5 Claudia Spero: THIS PLACE IS NOT LGBTQIA+ FRIENDLY
I had misgivings when I saw the Christian Nationalist propaganda that plastered the waiting room, which included the 10 Commandments, a poster complaining about how you "cant" post the aforementioned commandments, and portraits of several historical slave owners. I did not feel comfortable as a member of a marginalized community. I explained to them that I went by a name other than the one listed on the paperwork and that I suffer from a disability called agoraphobia.
I was temporarily relieved when the staff used my preferred name, but that small comfort vanished when I met the surgeon, Clyde Marlow. He came into the room, which like the rest of the building, was full of wildly outdated and dingy equipment. Without greeting me by name, he went on a small xenophobic rant about the quality of the gloves he shoved his unwashed hands into. He then even more roughly shoved his unwashed hands into my mouth after unceremoniously ousting my friend whod come to support me from the chair hed been instructed to sit in. The whole time, he complained and ranted about government beurocracy while I did my best not to shrink away from him, then he wiped my saliva on my arm before taking my pulse. He talked about what I could and could not do before surgery and didnt know what I was talking about when I asked if I could still take my HRT medications. I believe he intended to treat me like he would a cis man and that isnt just insulting, its irresponsible, unethical, and dangerous.
Do not go here at all, especially if you dont fit into the imaginary, binary world that exists only in the minds of bigots and fascists.
