Mick Hartley

A French gynaecologist is under attack from trans activists after he stated that he only treated women:

An LGBTI rights organization in France is calling on the Minister of Equality to intervene in the case of a gynecologist who they are accusing of “transphobia.”

On September 8, SOS Homophobie, which describes itself as a “national association against LGBTIphobia” took to X (formerly Twitter) to condemn a gynecologist for stating he only provided services to females. The comment from Dr. Victor Acharian, who operates in the Pau region, was made in reply to a Google review he received in which a trans-identified male’s partner complained that Acharian refused to provide services to him.

“It was my trans partner’s first appointment. He refused to see her, his secretary threw us away coldly. I advise against [visiting]. Never again,” the review stated.

In response, Acharian replied directly.

“SIR, I am a gynecologist, and I take care of real women. I have no skills to take care of MEN, even if they have shaved their beards and come to tell my secretary that they [have] become women. My GYNECOLOGICAL examination table is not suitable for examining men. You have specialized and very competent services to take care of men like you,” Acharian wrote, emphasizing his text with capitalized letters. “Thank you for informing TRANS people to never come for consultation with me.”

In their X post on Acharian, SOS Homophobie wrote: “We denounce the transphobes and discriminatory remarks of gynecologist Victor Acharian in Pau. Transphobia is a reality with serious consequences, particularly in access to health. It affects the entire territory.” The organization also tagged Bérangère Couillard, France’s Minister of Equality between Women and Men and the Fight against Discrimination, in an apparent effort to have Acharian investigated.

SOS Homophobie‘s post has been met with widespread mockery on social media, with many female users coming to Acharian’s defense.

“Gynecologists are for women and women, without exception, have at least two XX chromosomes,” journalist Hala Oukili wrote.

“When I need new glasses, I make an appointment with a dermatologist,” another joked.

It's not clear quite how the doctor was expected to make a gynaecological examination of a man. Could have been painful.

Perhaps some kind of role-play was envisaged: the patient pretends to be female and the doctor pretends to give him a gynaecological examination. The trans woman's gender identity would thus be validated – a much more important business, surely, than treating real women and their silly problems.