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• WHAT LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER AND INTERSEX PATIENTS SAY DOCTORS SHOULD KNOW AND DO: A QUALATIVE STUDY
• GAY
• GAY AND LBIAN HEALTH

WHAT LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER AND INTERSEX PATIENTS SAY DOCTORS SHOULD KNOW AND DO: A QUALATIVE STUDY

People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) are members of every muny. Transgenr people may intify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or none of the above. Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC6947913NIHMSID: NIHMS1501214AbstractThis qualative study explored the experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex (LGBTQI) people health re and their remendatns regardg what physicians should know and do to be able to take re of them.

Keywords: Dispari, medil tn, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenrThe medil muny has long acknowledged that people who are not heterosexual or do not intify wh the genr they were assigned at birth have signifint dispari health out pared wh cisgenr3 and heterosexual people (Amerin Medil Associatn, 1996; Instute of Medice [IOM], 2011; Coker, At, & Schter, 2010; Lambda Legal, 2010; Makadon, Mayer, Potter, & Goldhammer, 2015). Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT)4 people experience disproportnate levels of mental illns; tobac, alhol and other dg e; suicidaly; discrimatn; and vlence (IOM, 2011).

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LGBTQI people have dividual and llective histori of trma medil settgs, cludg: (a) therapi aimed at changg the sexual orientatn or genr inty of LGBTQI patients; (b) psychiatric diagnos, such as homosexualy, ego-dystonic homosexualy, genr inty disorr, and genr dysphoria; (c) non-nsensual medil terventns such as surgeri or hormone treatment for tersex people; and, (d) biased or prejudicial treatment by healthre provirs (IOM, 2011; Roen, 2004). Addnally, people who did not intify as eher lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, or tersex (or a related inty group not prevly named) were ed a nvenience sample and reced study participants the followg ways: facilatg a foc group at a statewi transgenr nference; sendg emails to personal ntacts; postg Facebook events; announcg foc groups on LGBTQI muny center listservs; and placg flyers LGBTQI muny centers, LGBTQI health centers, ffee shops, and at lol universi.

GAY AND LBIAN HEALTH

Checkbox for sexual orientatn clud lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, and other. See Table 2 for the plete mographic breakdown of the 2Characteristics of Foc Groups ParticipantsCharacteristicParticipantsaAge 0–171 18–2511 26–3520 36–457 46–553 56–651 >651 Missg4Genr Transgenr15 Transwoman5 Transman5 Cisgenr12 Genrqueer14 Other4 Missg7Intersex inty4Sexual Orientatn Queer20 Pansexual0 Lbian7 Gay7 Bisexual2 Heterosexual5 Other1 Missg8Race/Ethnicy Lato/a15 Ain Amerin/Caribbean/Black2 Asian Amerin/Asian2 Indigeno / Native Amerin2 European/Whe24 Missg5Communy-Intified Provir CompetenciThe followg data is anized by them we labeled muny-intified provir petenci. Avoid g words for anatomy that may be perceived as assigng the rrect genr to not avoid touchg nials of not monstrate a fort that is disgenuoShare medil cisn-makg wh patientsUse shared cisn-makg for all medil cisnsAvoid so-lled gatekeepg or prentg obstacl to hormone therapy and surgeri for transgenr assumptns about sexual orientatn, genr inty, behavr, or anatomyAvoid assumptns of cisgenr and heterosexualyAvoid assumptns nnectg gay men and transgenr people wh HIVAvoid assumptns about anatomyAvoid assumptns nnectg inty and behavrAvoid assumptns about lack of sexually transmted fectn and other disease risk factors for women who have sex wh knowledge of LGBTQI inti, anatomy, and mon sexual practicApply knowledge of transgenr health re, cludg need for route health matenanceApply knowledge of mon sexual practic of LGBTQI people.

One cisgenr Ain Amerin gay man (HP 5) explaed, “Especially for queer people of lor there’s already this graed mistst of the medil system. One Lato, Caribbean, gay transgenr man (TI2) explaed, “I have iends who are unselors and they try to steer away om gatekeepg bee they feel breaks any tst that has built the relatnship. For example, three participants (a gay cisgenr man, a transgenr woman, and a genrqueer person) explaed that they were assumed to have sexual transmted fectns (STIs) cludg the human immunoficiency vis (HIV).

A Lata, genrqueer, gay participant (CR12) discsed the needs of immigrant patients, “Beg monolgual this globalized world don’t cut and so ’s not jt for the immigrant to learn English.