Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health | CDC

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• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• WHAT LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER AND INTERSEX PATIENTS SAY DOCTORS SHOULD KNOW AND DO: A QUALATIVE STUDY
• GAY

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH

Pri, formerly known as Gay Pri, is a regnn of LGBTQ inty, affirmatn of equal rights, and celebratn of visibily, digny, and diversy the LGBTQ muny.

While the word homosexual is still ocsnally ed some ntexts, you might have noticed that don’t make an appearance any versn of the LGBTQ acronym. As our age note on the term stat, “up until 1973, homosexualy was listed The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), psychiatry’s standard reference on the classifitn of mental illns.

And many feel that this word plac undue emphasis on sexual activy, or that sounds overly clil.” In fact, the term homosexual was liberately rejected by early gay rights activists bee, acrdg to The New York Tim, “they did not want to be intified as exclively sexual begs.”. Gay, on the other hand, n be ed to scribe a person of any genr who experienc same-sex attractn, although is most often ed to scribe a man who is attracted to men. On June 28, 1969, the New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a bar equented by gay and genr-nonnformg people (at a time when terms like LGBTQ didn’t yet exist).

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

Partially rponse to Stonewall, 1970, queer activists New York Cy anized a march to Central Park wh the theme “Gay Pri.” A more prehensive history of the Stonewall Rt or the Stonewall Uprisg n be found our Pri Month explaer. Queer lerally means “strange or odd om a nventnal viewpot,” and by at least by the late 1800s, queer was ployed as a rogatory term for an effemate or gay man. Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference, ” which is ed to accurately suggt that beg gay, lbian, or bisexual is voluntary and “curable.

Typilly, for those who intify as queer, the terms lbian, gay, and bisexual are perceived to be too limg and/or ght wh cultural nnotatns they feel do not apply to them. Also known as SGL, this is a term ed by some Ain Amerin people as an Aocentric alternative to what are nsired Eurocentric, or whe, inti like gay and lbian. Biphobia may be exprsed ments that reflect doubts about the legimacy of bisexualy as an orientatn, accurately implyg that is not real, “jt a phase” or a ver for someone not ready to e out as gay.

Note, the terms “gay marriage” and “same-sex marriage” should be avoid, as they n suggt marriage for same-sex upl is somehow different or ls equal than other marriag. A person who self-intifi as gay, lbian, bisexual, queer and/or transgenr their personal, public, and/or profsnal liv. Historilly ed to selectively persecute gay people, the state laws often referred to as “sodomy laws” were led unnstutnal by the U.

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

Bee of the clil history of the word “homosexual, ” is aggrsively ed by anti-LGBTQ activists to suggt that people attracted to the same sex are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred – notns discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s.

Use gay, lbian, or when appropriate, bisexual, pansexual, or queer to scribe people attracted to people of the same genr or more than one genr. Intifyg a same-sex uple as “a homosexual uple, ” characterizg their relatnship as “a homosexual relatnship, ” or intifyg their timacy as “homosexual sex” should be avoid.

As a le, try to avoid labelg an activy, emotn, or relatnship gay, lbian, bisexual, or queer unls you would ll the same activy, emotn, or relatnship “straight” if engaged by someone of another orientatn.

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Sexual orientatn is the accurate scriptn of an person’s endurg physil, romantic, and/or emotnal attractn to people of the same genr and/or people of a different genr, and is clive of people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and pansexual, as well as straight people. The phras “gay liftyle, ” “LGBTQ liftyle, ” “homosexual liftyle, ” and “transgenr liftyle” are ed to nigrate LGBTQ people by accurately suggtg that their sexual orientatn and/or genr inty is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured” or “changed.

Anti-LGBTQ Terms Mastream Media Should Avoid“fag, ” “faggot, ” “dyke, ” “homo, ” “sodome, ” and siar ephetsWhile some the muny have reclaimed and e the words to scribe themselv, the creria for mastream news media g the rogatory terms should be the same as those applied to vulgar ephets ed to target other groups: they should not be ed except a direct quote that reveals the bias of the person quoted or if a LGBTQ person the term to scribe themself. So that such words are not given credibily the media, is preferred that reporters say, “The person ed a rogatory word for a lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr/queer person” except when a LGBTQ person the term to scribe themself. 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). 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. 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.