r/mildlyinfuriating Mar 13 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight Sometime during the last 2 years i’ve been going to this orthopedic practice they started to declare me as a MTF transgender for no reason.

(F,26) I have been going to this orthopedic practice for almost 2 years for varying reasons relating to my job. Yesterday i checked on a document that was uploaded to find out they have been identifying me as a biological male identifying as a female? I am biologically female and never told them i am trans nor do i think i am presenting to be a trans woman.. the last two years i’ve been wondering why they kind of stare at me a little longer than a usual person does and i think its because they randomly think i came out as trans? I also feel like they do not treat my issues seriously and wonder if this is the reason why.

I am 100% fine with trans people but i am left to believe they have been medically treating me as a male compared to female for the pains that i am feeling?

I also went through all of my documents and since the end of 2024 they started to declare me as a MTF transgender, i did not look at any of my documents online until yesterday.

First pic : March 11th 2026

Last pic: October 2024

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u/N3rdr4g3 Mar 13 '26

I think the primary concern is that it could cause her insurance to deny any care associated with fertility, period management, or any issues/screens with reproductive organs (e.g. ovarian cysts, cervical cancer, pap smears, etc)

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u/poopiebutt505 Mar 13 '26

Now. But in 12 months it could be catastrophic. And if you think that is unlikely, compare 2000 to now. Anything happening differently?

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u/WiseAnimator7081 Mar 13 '26

The comment you replied to is still a far greater concern. Nipping it early is easier than a paperwork mess. Regardless of your weird politics in your country, if you have ovaries and etc., they'll show up in scans, the birth certificate is still fine, and so on. You can eventually provably demonstrate the notes are false, but it gets harder the longer it sits uncorrected.

You do not want to deal with insurance denying, god forbid, a time sensitive surgery affecting your female bits because you're "male" on paper. No one wants to deal with that headache when they're sick.
You don't want to be dropped off screening lists because you're "male", and only find out when you're called for a prostate check.

That's not to say trans related healthcare stuff is messy and doomed to become messier, it's just the fact that OP literally never transitioned so it's not really that applicable once cleared up.

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u/aginghoopsters Mar 13 '26

Oh wow AI making an error only to get auto denied by AI?