Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health.
Contents:
- 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
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People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) are members of every muny.
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Transgenr people may intify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or none of the above.
GAY AND LBIAN HEALTH
At a time when lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals are an creasgly open, acknowledged, and visible part of society, clicians and rearchers are faced wh plete rmatn about the health stat of this muny. Although a most body of knowledge on LGBT health has been veloped over the last two s, much remas to be explored. What is currently known about LGBT health? Where do gaps the rearch this area exist? What are the prri for a rearch agenda to addrs the gaps? This report aims to answer the qutns. * medical definition of gay *
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.