Tue Jan 17, 2023 – 2:51 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Washington state’s department of health sparked backlash Friday for reminding “transmasculine persons with a cervix” — better known as “women” — to get screened for cervical cancer.
“Transmasculine persons with a cervix should talk to their doctor about #CervicalCancer screening and the #HPVvax,” the government agency’s official Twitter account said in a January 13 tweet.
The message directed viewers to “Find a LGBTQ-welcoming provider” by following a link to the National LGBT Cancer Network.
Transmasculine persons with a cervix should talk to their doctor about #CervicalCancer screening and the #HPVvax. Find a LGBTQ-welcoming provider at https://t.co/b91Rqk8MZU pic.twitter.com/4ZpX6NZbKS
— WA Dept. of Health (@WADeptHealth) January 13, 2023
Twitter users excoriated the tweet from the official agency with some calling the content a “joke” or suggesting the message demonstrated a form of “mental illness”.
“If you have a cervix you are a female of either the girl/woman variety,” one Twitter user wrote. “There is no other option except in your imagination. Depts of Health should know better than to pander to imaginary whims.”
Though social media users were quick to point out the absurdity of the transgender
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