Walgreens Pharmacist Denies Trans Man His HRT Meds Because Of ‘Religious Beliefs’
A transgender man took to Reddit to express his dismay after a pharmacist at his local Walgreens refused to give him his prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medication, all because it “went against his religion.” Roscoe Rike, 30, of Oakland, says he has been going to the same Walgreens pharmacy on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, California, for nearly a decade.
He’s been picking up his HRT meds at the same location for the past three years, always without issue, he told local news station KRON4.
However, Rike says when he visited the store earlier this week, he was attended by a pharmacist he had never seen at the location before.
The employee began by asking Rike what exactly the medication was for, which seemed unusual. “I told him I was pretty sure that it wasn’t any of his business,” Rike responded.
