Let's care!
Discrimination, medical violence, refusal of care, mutilations: the difficulties encountered by LGBTI+ people in their access to health care are real and sometimes dramatic.
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The 7 video testimonials from the 'Let's care!' campaign aim to alert public authorities and medical institutions of the need to change practices in order to ensure a safe and adapted welcome to LGBTI+ people.
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In this context, LGBTI+ community health centers still play a central role in enabling LGBTI+ people to access the care they need. It is the role and developments of these centers that will be discussed during the conference 'LGBTI+ Health: Let's care!' organized in Brussels from October 26 to 28, 2023.
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Subtitles in English coming soon.
Discover the testimonials
Production: Elisa Vdk, @elisavdk
Stephen
Stephen talks about the difficulty of coming out to a doctor and establishing a relationship of trust and transparency with healthcare professionals when you are an LGBTI+ person.
Coralie
As an intersex person, Coralie testifies to the genital mutilation she suffered at the age of 16 in order to 'normalize' her body.
Sofia*
Sophia* talks about the gynecological violence of which she was a victim and the reaction ofe rejection from a gynecologist when she spoke about being a lesbian woman.
*The name has been changed.
Stéphanie
Stéphanie, a trans and autistic woman, testifies to her medical wanderings of several decades before finally being able to benefit from the care she needed.
Sébastien
Sébastien, a gay man living with HIV, recounts how he was the victim of serophobia from his gastroenterologist.
Riley*
Riley*, a queer and asexual person, recounts her difficulties after following the totally inappropriate advice of her gynecologist.
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*The first name has been changed.
Morgane
Morgane, a lesbian woman, tells how a general practitioner's prejudices about lesbian sexuality led to a refusal to prescribe the STI screening tests she needed.