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Mautner in the News: GayHealth.com, March 16, 2025
Mautner Project Releases New Tools to
Help You Communicate with Your Healthcare Providers
In honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Awareness Week - March 12 through 18 - the Mautner Project, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), the Human Rights Campaign have released a new tool and online videos designed to help GLBT people be more open and improve communications with their health care providers...Click Here to Read More!
"Mautner, HRC and GLMA are co-releasing a simple two-sided tool providing tips to both health care providers and LGBT patients. Click here to download a free tool. They are also releasing online videos with messages on being open with providers, and tips for providers on how to create more welcoming spaces for their patients. To watch the first video, click here. To watch the second video, click here.
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Lesbian Files Complaint against Doctor for Prescribing Unwanted Anti-Gay “Treatment”
When Jamie Beiler went to the doctor’s office in Kissimmee Florida, the last thing she expected to receive was a packet of anti-gay propaganda referring to homosexuality as “sinful” and “impure” and advising lesbians and gay men to change their sexual orientation. “When I opened the sealed packet, I was shocked and outraged,” says Jamie. “I was extremely offended and I felt like I had been violated.” Click Here to read more.