As a physician treatg or preparg to treat lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr patients, you may wonr whether you’re sayg or dog the right thgs. Physicians answer qutns om peers.
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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
As a physician treatg or preparg to treat lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) patients, you may wonr whether you’re sayg the right thgs or whether your practice environment is welg to patients of all sexual orientatns. Panelists remend that physicians nsult the Fenway Gui to Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Health, which addrs important issu facg patients and physicians, cludg rg for LGBT patients of different age groups, rmatn on the velopment of genr inty children, sexual health and HIV preventn. “[Patients] who grew up a time when beg gay uld get them fired, or they grew up a time when they uld go to jail or they uld be beaten, ” Acquaviva said, “may not ever feel fortable g out to you.
People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr have a variety of health needs. People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) are members of every muny. It is often scribed based on the lived genr; a transgenr woman attracted to other women would be a lbian, and a transgenr man attracted to other men would be a gay Fluidy: Havg different genr inti at different timAgenr: “Whout genr”; dividuals intifyg as havg no genr intyGenr Expansivens: Conveys a wir, more flexible range of genr inty or exprsn than typilly associated wh the bary genr systemTransmascule and Transfeme: Terms to scribe genr nonnformg or nonbary persons, based on the directnaly of their genr inty.
17, 52 However, some genr-diverse prepubertal children subsequently intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual adolcents, or have other inti stead of transgenr, 8, 11, 17, 53–55 as opposed to those early adolcence, when genr inty may bee clearer. Fd remend standards of practice wh lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr patients and addnal rourc to assist makg your practice LGBTQ-iendly.