If you haven't heard of endometriosis before, know that it's a chronic condition impacting one in ten women where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) grows outside of the uterus.
That means it can grow on ovaries, fallopian tubes, the bladder or bowel, the outer surface of the uterus and, in rare cases, beyond the pelvic area. This tissue still responds to a woman's hormonal cycle, but because it can't be expelled like normal menstrual tissue, it can cause pain, scar tissue, inflammation, and even organs to stick together.
Women with the condition experience painful periods, intercourse, or with bowel movements/urination, they can also have digestive issues, suffer from fatigue, and face fertility challenges.
The common theme here is that this disease only impacts women, and they often go years before it's formally diagnosed. There is still a dearth of information and resources about the condition, and it's a good thing to draw attention to it.
But if you're a Hollywood filmmaker like Georgie Wileman, who just won a BAFTA for her documentary titled "This Is Endometriosis," that keyword — women — was absent from her acceptance speech.
Couple questions for the woman accepting this award for her film on endometriosis:
— Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) February 23, 2026
Are there any "people" with a uterus who weren't born with one?
Is there a name for those who are "born with a uterus"?
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"Born with a uterus."
This woman made a film about endometriosis, featuring interviews with women. There were no men in that film, even if they "identified" as such. I confess that I haven't watched the film, so I don't know if there was a "trans man" in the movie.
But it doesn't matter. Any "trans man" who may have been featured is a woman, full stop. She was born with a uterus, even if she says she's a man now. And endometriosis is a disease that only impacts women, just as prostate cancer only impacts men, even those who wear dresses and heels.
I know this because I have endometriosis. I am one of the fortunate ones with mild symptoms, and I was diagnosed at 21 after I had surgery to remove fibroid tumors (non-cancerous) from my uterus. But even then, doctors said perhaps my fertility would be impacted when I did try to have children. It was not, thankfully. I know how lucky I am.
Other women are not as fortunate, and they deserve proper attention and treatment. Denying their womanhood doesn't help them gain either of those things.
The magazine Grazia praised Wileman for taking on the medical industry's "gaslighting" of women, writing:
Georgie Wileman is officially a BAFTA winner. Taking home the award for British Short Film for This Is Endometriosis, Wileman is currently going viral for her powerful speech about the medical industry gaslighting women.
A British creative, Wileman is a filmmaker, photographer an spoken-word poet best known for creating This Is Endometriosis, which aims to raise awareness of the chronic condition that impacts millions of women worldwide.
Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to those in the lining of the womb (uterus) grow in other parts of the body. Online, the NHS writes that is 'causes severe period pain, heavy periods and fatigue. It can also cause low mood or anxiety.'
However, Wileman's entire purpose in creating this film was to show it's not simply a condition of painful periods. ‘It’s had a real big impact on the community, most doctors don’t even know what endometriosis means,' she said in the winner's room at the BAFTAs. 'It’s a brutal disease and the pain is worse than child labour, it can disable you, it’s so challenging, yet the general awareness is that it’s a disease of painful periods and that’s just not true. Being believed, understood in what you go through, is so important.
While Grazia used the word "women," it's Wileman who is doing the gaslighting here, and she's harming women in the process. She's falling for the woke, trans-inspired "inclusivity" of language that erases women. Nothing says "don't take my cause seriously" like pretending men can have a uterus, too.
As Emmons pointed out above, there are no people with a uterus who weren't born with it. Those people are called women.
And if filmmakers like Wileman want to help those women, they should call them what they are, not use euphemisms to appease people who pretend they're women.