Examenspresentation av Jacob Lidman

Supervisor: Kai Lo Andersson

Examiner: Anna Åberg

Abstract:
Trans people experience discrimination in healthcare to a higher degree than cis
person and as a consequence trans people tend to wait longer before seeking care.
The aim of this thesis is to investigate what role medical technologies play in this.
This was done through interviews with healthcare workers and people working with
trans rights. Additionally, documentation from several medical technologies and
documents from public procurements were investigated. The study shows that the
idea of gender being static and binary is deeply rooted in medical technologies,
which creates a variety of problems in healthcare for trans people. The problems
range from forcing healthcare workers to misgender patients to potential incorrect
measurements and completely barring trans people from medical systems. These
problems could be avoided if developers and the healthcare system are more critical
of gender norms and actively work to create more inclusive solutions. Furthermore,
medical technologies have the potential to make healthcare more accessible and
inclusive of trans people if new technologies are designed correctly.

Welcome!
Jacob and Anna