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LGBT health care

The Queering of Health Reform

By Katherine Franke, Columbia Law School

October 21, 2009 - 6:00am

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Just as it is wrong to make better health care available only to those who can afford it, so too, it is wrong to make coverage contingent on a life that looks like the Brady Bunch. Good health care should not depend on wealth or hetero-patriarchy.

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Provider Ignorance, Bias Turn Lesbian Patients Off Health Care

By Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

August 19, 2008 - 7:00am

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The lesbian community faces unique challenges when accessing health care, from widespread provider misconception about STI risks for women who partner with women to doctors who tailor their medical advice to stereotypes they have of lesbians' lives and needs.

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