Trans broken arm syndrome, known also simply as trans broken arm, is a term used to describe a perceived phenomenon whereby doctors will seemingly ascribe any ailment or injury, however seemingly unrelated, to the patient’s trans status.
The tendency of medical providers to center on transness when caring for transgender patients, typically by connecting unrelated medical conditions or symptoms to the transition process, or asking for medical information that is not relevant to the patient’s complaint.
There are reports of physicians referring patients to transgender specialists for unrelated maladies on the basis that the patient is transgender.