substance abuse based on identity; or a skin cancer study focused on gay men, who are six times more likely than straight men to use tanning beds.
Thanks to policies that require inclusion of sexual and gender minority people in research, and money being provided for such research, “we’re totally at a time when people are talking about sexual and gender minority health in a new way,” Lunn said.
In the end, Cooper hopes everyone can get the informed, sensitive care they are entitled to, from any doctor, anywhere. “LGBT folks want to be treated in the office just like any other patient that would walk through the doors.”
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