Stigma and Discrimatn Affects Gay and Bisexual Men's Health | CDC

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U.S. WILL PROTECT GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE AGAST DISCRIMATN IN HEALTH CARE

A substantial body of rearch dit that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatns across the Uned Stat enunter signifint barriers to health re. While not limed to LGBT people, gay and bisexual men and transgenr women may be more need of HIV-related health re, cludg treatment for those who are livg wh HIV and accs to preventive re such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill that signifintly lowers the risk of HIV fectn. In a natnally reprentative survey nducted by the Center for Amerin Progrs 2017, 8 percent of lbian, gay, and bisexual rponnts and 29 percent of transgenr rponnts reported that a healthre provir had refed to see them bee of their sexual orientatn or genr inty the past year.

[14] Over the same perd, 9 percent of lbian, gay, and bisexual rponnts and 21 percent of transgenr rponnts said a provir had ed harsh or abive language when they sought medil re. As noted above, a natnally reprentative survey released January 2017 found that 9 percent of lbian, gay, and bisexual rponnts and 21 percent of transgenr rponnts had experienced harsh or abive language om a medil provir the prev year. Trevor L., a gay man Memphis, relled an cint 2016: “I had one experience down here where I had a doctor, and I said I want to get an HIV tt done, get my annuals done, and they sat down and started preachg to me—not biblil thgs, but sayg, you know this is not appropriate, I n help you wh unselg, and I was like, oh, thank you, I’ve been out for 20 years and I thk I’m okay.

I’ve had numero clients who are HIV posive tell me of havg at least one if not several medil provirs tell them that they have HIV bee God hat them bee they’re gay.