Hiding Bisexuality in Medical Settings
Have you ever been to a doctor's office, hospital, or other healthcare facility where you felt compelled to hide your bisexuality from staff members? Perhaps...
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: Bisexuality in medical settings: why concealment can be harmful
There is no doubt that cisnormativity has played a significant role in shaping our modern medical system. As defined by the Oxford Dictionary, cisnormativity refers to "the assumption that all people...
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: A look at how cisnormativity is harming queer peoples health care experience
Healthcare providers have historically been hesitant to discuss matters related to sexuality due to societal and cultural norms surrounding sex and gender. This has led to an underrepresentation of...
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: How can we improve healthcare accessibility for lgbtq+ patients?
Since their emergence in the modern era, the fields of medicine and psychiatry have been fraught with controversy surrounding the categorization of various human characteristics, behaviors, and...
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: How medicine and psychiatry have pathologized nonheteronormative sexualities and genders