So there I was at the Winchester Medical Center this afternoon, waiting to get some routine tests done, when I pulled out my iPad to check what was up with the Twitterverse. I saw that Ellen Datlow had retweeted Caitlin R. Kiernan’s tweet about an article titled “Texas Court Says Transgenders Don’t Exist,” so I thought I’d give it a read to see what Texas had done now.

Not so fast, sayeth the web filter. That’s porn!

Yes, according to the Winchester Medical Center’s free wifi, transgender = porn. Check out the screen grab below, which advised me that the article had been blocked “because the web category ‘Porn’ is not allowed.”

Considering the fact that this was taking place within a hospital complex, where people might head seeking additional information on and conferring with doctors about transgender issues, the censorship seemed even more offensive and obnoxious than usual. (Not that such clumsy web filtering should EVER be taking place.)

As you can see from the screen grab, I’m advised to contact Valley Health if I have any questions. Well, I do, and I will.

I’ll let you know what if anything they have to say.