Crystal Beal is a family physician.
As a queer, nonbinary, poly, and kinky person, medicine has been a challenging field to fit into, both as a patient and a physician.
While a first-year med student, I was misdiagnosed and inaccurately treated for an STI due to my physician’s biased and discriminatory views. A week after my painful injection, I had to go back and ask why I wasn’t getting better. He then – in his office, not …
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