LGBT? These are the doctors you want to take care of

When we go to the doctor it is not always pleasant: Explain to him why you do not need pills, even though you are having sex, to ask about PrEp despite fear of judgment and this is just the beginning. So to know more, today (Thursday) will hold a panel of LGBT Medicine panel with the best of experts. Mark 'Going' and come!

LGBT Medicine Panel - Rishon LeZion (PR)

LGBT Medicine Panel - Rishon LeZion (Photo: PR, PR)

Explain to the doctor that you are bisexual, look for the way to gender match on alternative channels and this is just the beginning. These are just a few examples of scenarios that prevent members of the proud community from accessing and exercising medical rights, as every citizen in Israel has.

To discuss the issue and see what can be done, a panel of LGBT medical experts will be held on Thursday, as part of the Gay Experts and Expertise Line, held in Rishon Lezion. The panel is the second meeting of the "Community Experts" series. And the owner of the Rash Pride case - Ilanit Harush, Ahikam Reuven - director of the city's youth center and the city's pride coordinator - Eli Biton.

The content was built in the process of sharing the local community in the city with topics chosen by her and the content production Fauna Reut Carpenter, longtime activist and activist for women's rights and LGBT. "LGBT medicine raises different questions than those usually encountered by a doctor. Avoid contacting medical officials to exercise their right. Medical, just because of the embarrassment or lack of knowledge on how to deal with certain issues, "says Ilanit Harosh (Meretz), a city council member and holder of the LGBT community file.

"The goal of the upcoming panel of experts, as part of a series of gay community expert meetings, is to deal with this issue precisely and equip community members with the tools and knowledge so they can gain the best and most appropriate treatment for their situation," she adds.

Alongside these, Harush also stresses the importance of training existing medical teams to care for members and members of the LGBT community: "Many community members and members travel outside of the city to receive specialist clinics in the community, but this is absurd. The health funds need to train the doctors so that they can provide treatment even within the boundaries of Rishon LeZion. "

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An eight-session event series. (PR)

Proud community experts - Rishon LeZion (Photo: PR, PR)

The Expert Community Expertise Line presents 8 events on topics that all members of the community must and must know. The first session was on "What are my rights as a couple of well-known people in public versus a married couple?", Today the second session will be on "Why does well-suited medicine need to be improved?"

-What is allowed and what should not be asked in a job interview? What is considered discrimination based on gender or tendency?
- Get out of the closet during a job interview and in the workplace
-How can I harness my workplace for the proud fight?
- How should you choose a partner for co-parenting? What should you do with a hand on your pulse?
-How much does the surrogacy process cost and what are the different options?

When each includes the best of expertise and expertise, the minds and minds, the artists and ideas that the community is proud to offer. All of these will come first.

The upcoming panel will feature Ayelet Buchnik - a Registered Nurse in the Ashkelon Emergency Room and a proud mother, LGBT Community Hospital Trustee, Nina Levy - LGBT Trans-counsel, active in the Gila Trans Empowerment Project, Public Representative on the Ministry of Health's Approval for Gender Adjustment Surgery, Dr. Gal Wagner Kolesk and Specialist in Family Medicine, Director of the Proud Clinic of the General - Gan Meir Clinic, LGBT Medical Society of the Medical Association, Advocate Chen Shmilo - Director General of the AIDS War Committee, Former Head of Public Policy in the Medical Federation , One of the founders of the LGBT Medicine Society and a member of the advisory committee to the CEO of the Ministry of Health on HIV / AIDS and Daphne Moore - a nurse from And author, midwife at Assaf Harofe, the director of the Mamadike group - lesbian mothers. The evening will be directed by Ella Amst - co-CEO of a transitional organization and a medical student.

Admission is free but can be donated as is the ability by purchasing a ticket, all proceeds will be directed towards a proud community in the city. All the details about all the events in this link, the event in this link.