On International Women’s Day, I received an online advertisement for free breast and cervical cancer screening. The ad showed a man wearing a dress, long braids, and long nails, and said I may be eligible for the free screening if I am a “person with breasts or a cervix.”
I clicked on the ad and it took me to the website for NH Healthy Lives, which describes itself as a “collaboration between state agencies and state and local partners working together to help New Hampshire residents prevent chronic disease.”
This requirement for participating in the New Hampshire Breast and Cervical Cancer Program got my attention:
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You have breasts or a cervix. This includes:
- Transgender women who have taken or are taking hormones
- Transgender men who have not had a bilateral mastectomy and/or have a cervix
For those who qualify, it lists transgender women, who are men who identify as women, and transgender men, who are women who identify as men but doesn’t list women, who are 99% of the people who need these cancer screenings.
The state of New Hampshire is using our tax dollars to promote free breast and cervical screening to men and helping to erase the existence of women in the process.
