{"id":49372,"date":"2021-01-11T17:14:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=49372"},"modified":"2021-01-11T18:52:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T17:52:54","slug":"callum-phillips-ask-me-my-sexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2021\/01\/11\/callum-phillips-ask-me-my-sexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Callum Phillips: Ask me my sexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"standfirst\">Ask, don\u2019t assume, your patient\u2019s sexuality, advises Callum Phillips<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first time I met my GP, she asked my sexuality. Initially, I didn\u2019t realise the impact that those 10 seconds would have. As a university campus GP, she probably had more experience than most in having these conversations, and recognised the importance of offering a person an opportunity to express their sexuality before she assumed one. This was one of the few times a medical professional has not just assumed that I am a straight man, including those awful icebreakers at the start of the year with other medical students. Immediately, it felt like a proactively supportive environment\u2014one where I could be honest about my health, not needing to self-censor what was going through my mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My concerns are not unique. A higher proportion of LGBTQ+ patients delay seeking medical attention out of fear of discrimination; one<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonewall.org.uk\/system\/files\/lgbt_in_britain_health.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in seven avoid it entirely<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. One survey found that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonewall.org.uk\/system\/files\/lgbt_in_britain_health.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">23% of LGBTQ+ people<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have experienced discriminatory or negative remarks by healthcare staff and one in four people had experienced a lack of understanding of LGBTQ+ health needs. As a medical professional, your LGBTQ+ patients may naturally distrust you and, given the underreporting of these issues, you\u2019re unlikely to even be conscious of it. Around 5% of people aged between 16-24 identify as LGBTQ+, as well as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-uk-sexuality-office-national-statistics-ons-a8738356.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2% of the population as a whole<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> so this is a problem that is affecting more than a million people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This avoidance has an impact on the health of LGBTQ+ people, a group in which <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonewall.org.uk\/system\/files\/lgbt_in_britain_health.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">52% have experienced depression. and 70% aged between 18-24 felt that their life was not worth living in the past year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. One in six<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonewall.org.uk\/lgbt-britain-health\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> drank alcohol daily, and one in eight have attempted suicide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. There are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-50126703\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">higher rates of<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> smoking among LGBTQ+ people and, depending on the particular subgroup, higher rates of anal or cervical cancer, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and sexual health concerns. This is a patient group that we are failing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We regularly pay lip service to \u201cpatient centred care\u201d and having a \u201cholistic approach to medicine,\u201d but seem to easily forget how someone\u2019s sexuality and gender identity directly results in a different set of needs. LGBTQ+ people should not be forced into <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2019\/07\/03\/uk-healthcare-absolutely-prejudiced-against-lgbt-people\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">systems that presume<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> they are straight or cisgender, and which rely on them to risk setting the record straight when such a significant proportion of them have had negative interactions with healthcare professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The way to move forward starts in medical school, with a new generation of doctors who appreciate the intricacies of LGBTQ+ stigma and how it can shape healthcare. Redressing current healthcare inequalities will mean dedicating some of the numerous assignments throughout our courses to addressing LGBTQ+ issues. But more than this, we should break down medicine\u2019s implicit and explicit biases about the LGBTQ+ community by demanding positive representation of non-heteronormative relationships or families in lectures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At medical school, we currently receive generic teaching on our communication skills, but in our contemporary, diverse society it\u2019s important that this teaching keeps up with the times. If, as future practitioners, we\u2019re equipped with an understanding of the unique issues faced by patients who identify as LGBTQ+, we can begin to overcome some of the accumulated mistrust between our two communities. Medical professionals must understand the healthcare needs of LGBTQ+ people and be comfortable in explaining how sexual orientation can impact health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These are big steps to take\u2014and ones which must be done as part of a concerted effort. So, on an individual level, how can you begin to make a difference? I would encourage you to make at least this one small change moving forward during clinical contacts: ask, don\u2019t assume, your patient\u2019s sexuality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A heterosexual person may not even register or remember having been asked. As an LGBTQ+ person, it is something that for all the right reasons, I won\u2019t forget. I can remember the name of every single healthcare professional who I felt was supportive and inclusive, and I remain incredibly grateful to them. They were immediately able to address what my issues and concerns were likely to be, they were able to ask pertinent questions that were applicable to my life, they were aware of the increased risks I would face, they were able to actually make a positive impact and help me. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having seen both sides of the consultation, it is clear that we need to be aware of our patients\u2019 sexualities, and the only way you\u2019re going to be able to do that is by asking. Just, please ask it with the same generic politeness you\u2019d ask about my lockdown weight gain\u2014and when no one else is in the room.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span class=\"il\">Callum<\/span> Phillips<\/strong> is a final year medical student at the University of Southampton. Callum is a representative to the Coalition against Conversion Therapy and student representative at GLADD, The Association of LGBTQ+ Doctors and Dentists.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Competing interests:<\/strong> Nothing else to declare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask, don\u2019t assume, your patient\u2019s sexuality, advises Callum Phillips [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2021\/01\/11\/callum-phillips-ask-me-my-sexuality\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":49373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Callum Phillips: Ask me my sexuality - 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