I'm a gay guy and up until now have had a straight male primary doctor.
I'm thinking of switching because I sense that there is this underlying unease about him having me as a patient. We established I was gay as soon as I picked him as my primary care physician during a routing physical.
I recently came down with a case of clymidia with some buring when I pee and he refused to even examine my penis or discharge. There have been other instances where I sense he is not 100% comfortable having a gay patient. I get the sense that he would rather not touch me. Like insisting that the nurse take my BP and having other nurses do prostate exams.
I don't know if how he is with other patients but isn't there something wrong when you have std symtoms and he refuses to check your gentials? I don't find him the least bit attractive and have never given him any cause to think I was coming on to him so I have to assume that he's just not comfortable with gay guys and if that IS the case then I wonder about the quality of my healthcare through a doctor who is uncomfortable with gay patients.
He's a nice enough guy but I'd rather just have a gay doctor I can go to who isn't overly PC or uneasy about treating a gay guy and all the gay guy health stuff that may come up.
Do any of you guys have a gay doctor and has it made any difference on the quality of health care you get? Is it just easier getting treated for gay related stuff like STD's?
I'm thinking of switching because I sense that there is this underlying unease about him having me as a patient. We established I was gay as soon as I picked him as my primary care physician during a routing physical.
I recently came down with a case of clymidia with some buring when I pee and he refused to even examine my penis or discharge. There have been other instances where I sense he is not 100% comfortable having a gay patient. I get the sense that he would rather not touch me. Like insisting that the nurse take my BP and having other nurses do prostate exams.
I don't know if how he is with other patients but isn't there something wrong when you have std symtoms and he refuses to check your gentials? I don't find him the least bit attractive and have never given him any cause to think I was coming on to him so I have to assume that he's just not comfortable with gay guys and if that IS the case then I wonder about the quality of my healthcare through a doctor who is uncomfortable with gay patients.
He's a nice enough guy but I'd rather just have a gay doctor I can go to who isn't overly PC or uneasy about treating a gay guy and all the gay guy health stuff that may come up.
Do any of you guys have a gay doctor and has it made any difference on the quality of health care you get? Is it just easier getting treated for gay related stuff like STD's?