Navigating Inappropriate Assumptions and Discrimination in Healthcare

🏥 Healthcare experiences for the queer community often presume heterosexuality and can be invasive and inappropriate.

😕 Queer individuals are frequently asked intimate questions unrelated to their healthcare.

🌈 The need for healthcare professionals to be more sensitive and educated about the queer community.

🏥 Experiences with healthcare professionals, including a family GP and a dentist.

🚫 Negative encounters with healthcare providers due to assumptions and inappropriate behavior.

❓ Unrelated questions and lack of focus on the main issue during appointments.

⭐ Patients have had unprofessional experiences in healthcare.

🔍 Insensitive and irrelevant questions can cause discomfort.

😔 Some patients have been faced with discrimination and disbelief.

🌈 Experiences of discrimination in healthcare based on sexual orientation can be unsettling.