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2024-06-09 14:08:00 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The Canadian Cancer Society was not “sorry” for using the term cervix instead of “front hole.” The section referenced in Toronto Sun’s article acknowledges some trans or nonbinary people “may have mixed feelings about” the word cervix, but justifies their decision to use it. https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/find-cancer-early/screening-in-lgbtq-communities/trans-man-or-nonbinary-person-assigned-female-at-birth-do-i-need-cervical-cancer-screening

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• The Canadian Cancer Society was not “sorry” for using the term cervix instead of “front hole.” The section referenced in Toronto Sun’s article acknowledges some trans or nonbinary people “may have mixed feelings about” the word cervix, but justifies their decision to use it. https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/find-cancer-early/screening-in-lgbtq-communities/trans-man-or-nonbinary-person-assigned-female-at-birth-do-i-need-cervical-cancer-screening