{"title":"The State of the LGBTQ+ Community in Surgery.","authors":"Luigi Pascarella","doi":"10.1177/00031348221114039","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The LGBTQ+ community is a diverse community that faces unique needs and multidimensional form of discrimination. Cultural awareness and awareness of intersectionality of experiences are essential in creating an equitable environment for health care professionals and patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":325363,"journal":{"name":"The American Surgeon","volume":" ","pages":"2784-2785"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The American Surgeon","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348221114039","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2022/7/17 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The LGBTQ+ community is a diverse community that faces unique needs and multidimensional form of discrimination. Cultural awareness and awareness of intersectionality of experiences are essential in creating an equitable environment for health care professionals and patients.