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Advocates View Health Care as Key to Driving LGBTQ Rights Conversation


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Advocates View Health Care as Key to Driving LGBTQ Rights Conversation
When Allison Scott came out as a trans woman in 2013, she told not only family and friends, but also her primary care physician.
January 20, 2021
She didn’t need his help with hormone therapy. She had another doctor for that. But she wanted to share the information with her doctor of more than 10 years in case it affected other aspects of her health. ....

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Advocates view health care as key to driving LGBTQ rights


Advocates view health care as key to driving LGBTQ rights
By Aneri Pattani
Kaiser Health News/TNS
When Allison Scott came out as a trans woman in 2013, she told not only family and friends, but also her primary care physician.
She didn’t need his help with hormone therapy. She had another doctor for that. But she wanted to share the information with her doctor of more than 10 years in case it affected other aspects of her health.
She was shocked when he told her he would no longer treat her.
“It was humiliating,” said Scott, now director of policy and programs for the Campaign for Southern Equality, an LGBTQ advocacy organization based in North Carolina. “It’s not because the provider doesn’t have the knowledge they need, but because the provider isn’t comfortable with who you are.” ....

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