Each of the items below
describes situations that people encounter in healthcare settings.
Sometimes these situations occur because a person is transgender or
gender non-conforming, sometimes they occur for other reasons. Some
people are concerned about these situations and others are not.
Please imagine yourself in each situation and indicate how you would
feel if this situation happened to you because you are transgender
or gender non-conforming.
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1. You have to provide a urine sample for
a routine health exam. When you ask the medical assistant where the
bathroom is, she tells you where the unisex bathroom is
located. |
How likely is it
that the medical assistant told you where the unisex bathroom is located
because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? |
Very Unlikely |
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Very Likely |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
How
concerned/anxious would you be if the medical
assistant told you where the unisex bathroom is located because you are
transgender or gender non-conforming? |
Very
Unconcerned |
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Very Concerned |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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2. You switch to a new primary care
doctor and he recommends that you get a full physical exam even
though you had a physical exam last year. |
How likely is it
that your doctor recommended you get a full physical exam because you
are transgender or gender non-conforming? |
Very Unlikely |
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Very Likely |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
How
concerned/anxious would you be if your doctor
recommended you get a full physical exam because you are transgender or
gender non-conforming? |
Very
Unconcerned |
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Very Concerned |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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3. You are going to have surgery and the
doctor tells you that he would like to give you an HIV
test. |
How likely is it
that the doctor would like to give you an HIV test because you are
transgender or gender non-conforming? |
Very Unlikely |
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Very Likely |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
How
concerned/anxious would you be if the doctor would
like to give you an HIV test because you are transgender or gender
non-conforming? |
Very
Unconcerned |
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Very Concerned |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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4. You go to the emergency room with
terrible pains in your abdomen. Five other people arrive after you
and all of them are seen before you are. |
How likely is it
that five other people were seen before you were because you are
transgender or gender non-conforming? |
Very Unlikely |
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Very Likely |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
How
concerned/anxious would you be if five other people
were seen before you were because you are transgender or gender
non-conforming? |
Very
Unconcerned |
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Very Concerned |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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5. You ask your primary care doctor for a
referral to a good surgeon. She says she will call you in one week
with a referral, but she does not. |
How likely is it
that your doctor does not call you with the referral because you are
transgender or gender non-conforming? |
Very Unlikely |
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Very Likely |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
How concerned/anxious would
you be if your doctor does not call you with the referral because you
are transgender or gender non-conforming? |
Very
Unconcerned |
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Very Concerned |