Allyship in action: Supporting your LGBTQ+ patients
“Mom, when I walk in the room, all they see is a deviant Black man.”
Those were the words my transgender daughter said to me after a recent visit with her primary care physician. She felt like everyone was judging her, and the doctor acted like she had a contagious disease. He was also preoccupied with her name choice and whether she would be getting a “sex change” surgery, and he …