Expectations of prejudice and discrimination can lead LGBTQ+ patients to avoid seeking health care. Nadzeya Haroshka/iStock via Getty Images Even among medical providers who practice some form of ...

Alena Papayanis is a Professor of Arts and Humanities at Humber College in Toronto and a writer whose work focuses on queer issues, including coming out later in life. “What kind of birth control are ...

Heteronormativity refers to a cultural bias that assumes people are cisgender and heterosexual by default. In a medical setting, this means healthcare providers may make inaccurate assumptions about a ...

It’s easy to hear a word like “heteronormativity” and roll your eyes. It just sounds too complicated, too academic. To paraphrase The Simpsons, words like heteronormativity sound like “buzzwords that ...

This Eldis Key Issue Guide is a concise resource on the concept of heteronormativity, its usefulness for development thinking and the and the ways in which it impacts upon gender, LGBT rights, ...

You've probably heard the term "heteronormativity" being thrown around in discussions of gender and sexuality, but do you actually know what heteronormativity is? Have you just been glossing over the ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community have long experienced prejudice in medical settings . This can range from microaggressions , such as ...