Talk:Sexual orientation and medicine

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[edit] What this is about

The intersection of sexual orientation and

• LGB-specific Health
• diseases for which sexual orientation is a risk factor
• sexual orientation as a factor contributing to health disparities (underserved community)
• physicians who identify as LGB
• physicians whose practice is primarily within LGB community
• medical associations the membership of which sexual orientation is a major factor
• medical associations that have a policy regarding sexual orientation
• therapies & medical treatments which are meant to address sexual orientation
• history of medicine with regards to sexual orientation
  • HIV/AIDS
  • discrimination based on sexual orientation within medical community
  • discrimination based on sexual orientation at medical schools
  • changes in curriculum related to LGB at medical schools / teaching LGB specific care

That's roughly what I'm thinking this is about . . . now what should it be called? ^Touro OsteopathicFreak ^T 15:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)