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THE NSTCTN OF MEN WHO ARE NURS AS GAY
It’s been said that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) nurs form one of the largt mori wh the profsn, and yet they are hardly regnized as a subgroup. To date, limed data are available to terme jt how many nurs intify as LGBT (or some variatn of those letters, such as LGBTQ, which * homosexuality and nursing *
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Although she has worked extensively wh men followg prostate surgery, she worri bee she has ltle experience rg for a gay man unrgog the same surgery. LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer) is an umbrella term for two distct facets of inty: sexual orientatn and genr inty. Everyone has a sexual orientatn; lbian and gay people are mostly attracted to people of the same sex, romantilly and sexually, while heterosexuals are mostly attracted to people of the oppose sex.
THE ATTUS OF NURSG STUNTS TOWARDS LBIANS AND GAY MAL TURKEY
There is a paradox between wispread lls for men to participate more rg and disurs which stereotype male nurs as gay and nflate homosexualy and sexual predatn. The stigmatizg disurs create a barrier to rg and, aligned wh the prence of homophobia the workplace … * homosexuality and nursing *
Transgenr people may intify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or none of the above. 5% of Amerins intify themselv as lbian, gay, or bisexual, and 0. 10, 11 A 2015 study found that heterosexual nurs held strong implic preferenc for heterosexual people over gay and lbian people.
20 In one study, lbian, gay, and bisexual rponnts stat whout protective polici were five tim more likely than those other stat to have two or more mental disorrs.
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21 In fact, another study found that LGB people who live muni wh high levels of antigay prejudice die 12 years earlier than their peers other muni. 27 Siarly, gay llege stunts are more likely to smoke when they have to nceal their sexual orientatn. Gay and bisexual men are at higher risk for sexually transmted fectns, pecially muni of lor.