“Health professionals are being “urged” to call vaginas “bonus holes” to avoid offending transgender or nonbinary patients.”
Social media posts
in an Instagram post. Claim dated 9 Jul 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
There is no widespread push for health care professionals to use the term "bonus hole" instead of "vagina." A U.K. charity listed it as an alternative term that some transgender and nonbinary patients may prefer.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 July 2023, 9 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CufqGPntkB7/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=f8718cc6-e05f-45b0…
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CuHlZ6SsONG/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=0e11c3d4-d292-4933…
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cuhb4XBuT_V/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=6675ec8f-00ea-4ffe-9d…
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CuiQ297PWIu/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=0c59798f-b29d-4ace-b7…
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