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A few years ago, in an episode of “The Good Doctor,” Sophie Giannamore guest stars as a young transgender who comes to San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital with a medical emergency. What’s significant about this casting is that Giannamore is actually a transgender actress in real life.
In the episode, Giannamore plays Quinn, a young boy who thinks he's a girl who comes in with abdominal pains, but when he’s examined and found to have a penis, Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) is confused about why she identifies as female. He continues to use male pronouns “he” and “him” to refer to Quinn and insists, quite correctly, that biology is the only way to determine someone’s gender.
The punchline of the episode comes when the trans boy is diagnosed with testicular cancer. Wait for it....