"Capasso claimed that operating room staff preparing to remove her malignant lung tumor said that she had "man parts," referred to her and her trans partner as "men," and said that being trans was "not right" and "doesn't make sense," The New York Times reported, recounting accusations from a lawsuit she filed last March in New York's Supreme Court. Capasso also said that during the March 7, 2022 procedure, an operating room nurse told a hospital administrator to change Capasso's sex in her patient records from female to male. Capasso said this incorrect gender designation remained on her medical records until last January."
"She also claimed that her colorectal surgeon misgendered her during a June 2021 procedure. The surgeon's behavior made her feel "unsafe and humiliated" with "heightened gender dysphoria," she said. If true, the hospital's actions would violate New York City's LGBTQ Health Care Bill of Rights, which requires healthcare workers to recognize, affirm, and document a patient's "designated name and pronouns " in medical records."
"MSK denied her accusations and said her recording violated worker privacy. In its court filings, MSK's lawyers claimed that Capasso's recording was "largely inaudible," making it "impossible to ascertain the speakers or the full context of their discussion.""
Jennifer Capasso, a 42-year-old transgender woman with stage four rectal cancer, filed a discrimination lawsuit against Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center after she recorded operating room staff allegedly making transphobic remarks during a procedure. She says staff referred to her as having "man parts," called her and her partner "men," and stated being trans was "not right" and "doesn't make sense." She alleges a nurse instructed an administrator to change her sex in medical records, which remained incorrect until January. She also alleges a colorectal surgeon misgendered her in 2021, causing heightened gender dysphoria. MSK denies the claims and says the recording is largely inaudible and violated worker privacy.
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