Hey, hello, oligites.

So I put this in the show description, but I'm also adding it up top.

Just in case you're driving a car or you're working a forklift or you're feeding your chickens,

or I don't know if you listen to a high wire, you should not be reading text.

This is just a pre-roll, linguistics alert.

So in this episode, we talk about transgender healthcare and we touch on the history of the trans community in the US.

And when I recorded this episode in considering the inclusion of trans women,

I opted for use of the term women's health and women as gynecology is currently technically but antiquatedly defined.

So I thought, okay, I'm making sure to include everyone who identifies as a woman, we are golden, great.

No, in so doing, I fucked up and I overlooked and excluded non-binary and trans men friends in that language.

And I'm super, super, super sorry. I'm so sorry.

Some really amazing and compassionate oligites alerted me to this and I just want to say I'm so, so sorry that the language I used,

like women, lady, lady machine, made anyone feel unseen.

Please know that trans inclusion was totally on my mind, but I'm just super embarrassed to have missed the mark and overlooked the non-binary community and trans men community who also rely on gynecology for vital healthcare.

I thought I had my basis covered and I didn't. I'm an idiot.

So my oligites, each and every one of you, I see you, I love you, I care about you a bunch and I will strive to do better when it comes to inclusionary language.

As you know, I'm all about asking smart people dumb questions and even when I think, okay, I got this. I'll do my best to just double check, triple check.

So thank you for tipping me off to that that I could have been more in the loop about gender versus journeys and for your patients with me and with each other, just as we all learn new things and we evolve into an even more inclusive and better, linguistically equipped society.

Now, if you don't encounter it often, it may seem like, what is the video? But I think these are some new and really exciting steps toward breaking down a lot of gender roles that hold all kinds of people back from cis to trans to non-binary.

Like, wearing pants was illegal for half the population until that was challenged and reframed.

So if you're stoked that you don't have to drag a bustle on subway or fit a pedicote into your Nissan Centra, then we have some brave folks who said this sucks and it's impractical to think.

So likewise with gender and labels and the trans and non-binary community for undoing some super stark gender expectations and roles that don't really fit anyone completely.

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