Here's how to fd an LGBTQ iendly doctor who is a willg ally to gay, trans, and queer people and unrstand their healthre needs.
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Search the largt LGBTQ+ healthre directory for an affirmg provir near you who unrstands lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer health. * gay friendly primary care physicians *
If you are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and/or intify as a sexual and/or genr mory and are lookg for LGBTQ+ affirmg doctors, physicians, clicians, and healthre provirs, you have e to the right place. Yet gay, transgenr, and queer people often have a hard time fdg LGBTQIA+-iendly doctors. LGBTQIA+ people livg areas wh lots of anti-gay prejudice live about 12 years shorter than those more acceptg areas.
Do they have trans, gay, queer, or other LGBTQIA+ patients? The Gay and Lbian Medil Associatn provir directory lets you fd doctors who are LGBTQIA+ themselv.
* gay friendly primary care physicians *
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Rearch has shown that LGBTQ people are more likely to smoke, lbians are at higher risk for oby, and some gay men stggle wh poor body image.
Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) publish lists of anizatns partners wh and lol groups for support, tn and advocy:. In our updated Physician Directory, patients n efficiently search the Brigham onle Physician Directory (Fd a Doctor) for physicians who have exprsed a clil tert LGBT Health (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr Health).
Fd Advote Health Care provirs who are experienced and specially traed to meet the health re needs of the LBGTQ+ muny. Many are Gay and Lbian Medil Associatn members. * gay friendly primary care physicians *
Another great rource is the GLMA (Gay and Lbian Medil Associatn) provir directory, Bce Olmscheid, M. The provirs the directory have agreed to certa affirmatns listed on GLMA’s webse, such as: “I wele lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals and fai to my practice and offer all health servic to patients on an equal basis, regardls of sexual orientatn, genr inty, maral stat, and other non-medilly relevant factors.
”You n also try Googlg "gay doctor" or “LGBTQ+ doctor” your area, Dr. Gay and Lbian Medil Associatn:.
*Gaya Chelvakumar, MD (Adolcent Medice) wh Natnwi Children’s Hospal.