Trans Man Says Walgreens Pharmacist Refuses to Give Him His Hormone Prescription
Reddit’s r/Oakland forum on Tuesday. Though the text of the post has since been deleted, according to KRON, Rike said he had the specific prescription filled for three years at the Telegraph Avenue location.
He also said he’d been going there for other medications for the past decade, and never had a problem before. Was denied my HRT medication at the temescal walgreens by a transphobic religious bigot by u/lokigoeswoof in oakland This time, though, an unfamiliar pharmacist was behind the counter.
When Rike asked to pick up his prescription, the pharmacist, he says, asked what it was for.“I told him I was pretty sure that it wasn’t any of his business,” Rike said, according to KRON.In a followup comment on the Reddit post, he added that since Rike wouldn’t tell him, the pharmacist tried calling Rike’s doctor—though Rike doesn’t know if he was able to find anything out.The pharmacist then told Rike that he couldn’t fill the prescription “due to his religious beliefs.” This is when Rike took out his phone and recorded the video that can be seen in the Reddit post above.
In the clip, Rike asks “So right now you’re telling me that you’re going to deny me my medication because of your personal religion, you’re not my f***ing doctor?
