Too often news and social media outlets tell us about some outrageous homophobic or transphobic behavior on the part of some business, and never tell us “what happened next.”
“What happened next” is the title of a column in Indiana’s Star Press dated July 9, 2011, that follows up on a July 2010 case that garnered national attention. The incident took place at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana. A transgender woman said that she was called “it” and “he-she” when she went to the hospital’s emergency room coughing up blood, and was ultimately denied treatment. She complained widely and loudly, and engaged Indiana Equality and the Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance in filing formal complaints against the hospital, which “quickly released a statement saying the hospital was conducting an internal review of its ‘care policies, employee benefits, and diversity training.’” Continue reading
