LGBT Cancer Survivors, Homophobia and Health Insurance
ByLGBT individuals often face homophobia when coming out to their medical care provider. Heterosexist assumptions create the false perception that lesbians and bisexual women are not at risk for sexually transmitted infections. Many medical providers lack any basic knowledge about the lives of LGBT Americans and that lack of knowledge stands in that way of quality healthcare while putting patients at risk. Indeed, this is why Malecare started it’s LGBT cancer project several years ago.
Consider the documentary Southern Comfort directed by Kate Davis, which followed the last year in the life of a female to male transgender person who was dying from cervical cancer. Robert Eads lived in rural Georgia and could not find a doctor willing to treat him for cervical cancer because he was transgender. The film follows Eads through his last year of life while his family and friends struggle with the possibility that his death was preventable but for transphobia. more to read at http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/02/21/coverage-check-access-not-yet
salutes all those who work at the foundation and sends a big amphibian hug to all those living with Cancer and their families.
Well, such kind of gay blog should be more published online, you know we LGBT love to read these blogs with like-minded persons and also share with them. it is what i often I like to do with my bisexual friends. The more we share with others, the better they know us, and easier for they to accept us.