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By Eleanor Lawrie
image captionLaurie Hodierne was re-registered as male and so not contacted for a smear test
Many dread being invited for their cervical smear test - but Laurie Hodierne found it exhausting to have to keep asking for appointments, and trying to chase up the result.
He is one of a number of transgender men who still have a cervix but are no longer registered as female at their GP surgery. Laurie was re-registered as male without requesting it, he says.
And this means he could miss out on potentially life-saving cervical smear tests because he is not automatically called up for screenings.
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