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How to navigate healthcare's heterosexual assumptions

My doctor asked if I was sexually active and when I said yes she automatically started talking about birth control without asking about my partner's gender.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Medical heteronormativity creates barriers to appropriate care and erases queer health realities.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined queer identity?”

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