Members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny have unique health dispari and worse health out than their heterosexual unter
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COMG OUT TWICE: BEG A GAY DIABETIC
As a type 1 diabetic sce the age of 16, this enunter was the first time my chronic illns impacted my sex life as a gay man. My body went om attackg self om the si, to sabotagg my relatnships as I was g out. This is the story of g out twice: beg a gay diabetic. * gay diabetes *
Thera Garnero, CDCES, a certified diabet re and tn specialist, an assistant clil profsor, and the director of diabet certifite programs at the Universy of the Pacific Sacramento, California, raised this alarm July 2010 the Amerin Diabet Associatn journal Diabet Spectm, revealg that, although there are more lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people wh diabet than there are total people wh type 1 diabet, LGBTQ+ data is unrreported or blocked.
GAY MEN AND TYPE 2 DIABET
It’s a place where patients n feel “blamed and shamed” for body size or diabet stat on top of systemic issu like homo- and transphobia, racism, and ableism.