“Medical Oppression” week has by far been my favorite week as I have always been interested in the medical field. The readings for this week made racial and gender discrimination much more alive and true for me. Reading “12 Reasons It Should Be Illegal for Doctors Not to Treat Trans People” shed the light on the inequalities we STILL have today. The LBGTQ+ community has long been defined as steering from the norm and I knew that this meant that there oppression was far greater than someone who was a heterosexual being, but to think that the medical community would go as far as decline the trans group from services and treatment is abominable. We live in a society where everyone should have adequate access to healthcare and there is EVERY reason why it should be illegal for doctors not to treat trans people because we are talking about someone’s health. I cannot believe that such law was ever proposed, and these are the kinds of things that we rarely hear about when we should be made aware of these issues. The small anecdotes at the end of the reading really made me think about this issue and how to bring more awareness to it. It was a very emotional read for me but I am so glad to have come across it in this class.