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Contents:
- HOW TO TELL YOUR DOCTOR THAT YOU'RE GAY
- “DOCTOR, AM I GAY?” A PRIMER ON SEXUAL INTI
- PHYSICIAN AND GAY: AM I SAFE AT WORK? : AMIC MEDICE
- DO MY DOC NEED TO KNOW I’M GAY?
HOW TO TELL YOUR DOCTOR THAT YOU'RE GAY
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“DOCTOR, AM I GAY?” A PRIMER ON SEXUAL INTI
A sexual orientatn is a person’s erotic rponse tenncy or sexual attractns, be they aimed at dividuals of the same sex (homosexual), the other sex (heterosexual), or both sex (bisexual). Sex rearchers ll exclive homosexual attractns a “Ksey 6” and exclive heterosexual attractns a “Ksey 0.
PHYSICIAN AND GAY: AM I SAFE AT WORK? : AMIC MEDICE
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DO MY DOC NEED TO KNOW I’M GAY?
From a lloquial perspective, Bob was “ the closet, ” meang that he was hidg his homosexual self om others.