We Need Queer-Affirming Doctors

LGBTQ groups are pushing for greater accessibility to physicians who understand the community

Lux Alptraum
Elemental
Published in
4 min readJul 26, 2019

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FFinding a doctor is never easy. The search can feel even more fraught for LGBTQ people: There’s no guarantee that a highly ranked physician on ZocDoc knows what HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is — or that they won’t misgender a transgender patient…

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Lux Alptraum
Elemental

OneZero columnist, Peabody-nominated producer, and the author of Faking It: The Lies Women Tell About Sex — And the Truths They Reveal. http://luxalptraum.com