From The Local:

Gay people are being let down by Sweden’s health service, according to a new study.

The findings were made in a thesis written at Uppsala university by nurse Gerd Röndahl, who bases his findings on 200 staff questionnaires and some 30 interviews with homosexual patients…

I don’t know about you, but I’m no stranger to being uncomfortable around healthcare professionals here in the U.S. Aside from “you sleep with women, so you don’t get penetrated” (I’ve heard this from numerous gynos), the pregnancy test is my number 1 rant.

“One woman described how she was admitted for abdominal pain. She told the nurse that she was living with a lesbian partner and could therefore not be pregnant. The nurse seemed perplexed and told her the test was routine in normal cases. This implies that the norm is a heterosexual patient, and this is hurtful,” explains Gerd Röndahl.

It is hurtful. I also think it’s wrong that I should have to pay for tests I don’t need and state I don’t want. If I needed a pregnancy test, I’d ask for one.