The article “How Important are Pride Events to the LGBT Community” was written by Eileen Patten a researcher for the Pew Research Center in 2013. This article provides the reader with statistics on individuals that are actively participating in LGBT events that are also known as “Gay Pride” events. The author incorporates the importance of the LGBT events, because she wants the reader to realize that community in particular is one that is growing at rapid rates. This article gives accounts on how events in the LGBT community help people come out of the closet and actively expresses their sexual orientation and pride. The LGBT stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender and it has become a movement in itself. In fact it is now classified
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The authors divided this source into different sectors into several portions that touch different aspects of the thesis, which ranges from “social-cultural history taking” to “Medical record documenting”. The authors also go into great detail in regard age, demographic, ethnicity and other factors associated with sexual identity and medical treatment. The authors also implement other factors such as criminal records that consist of mental health, domestic violence, and sexual assault of the LGBT patient. This source also mentions topics that LGBT try to avoid such as sexually transmitted diseases, immunization and cancer. According to the source, “a patient’s risk of STD infection such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis A or B virus, HIV, syphilis, human papillomavirus, or herpes simplex virus varies dramatically, depending upon the number of partners, safer sex practices including barrier protection, and specific sexual practices. Asymptomatic patient screening for STDs in the emergency care setting is not routine (Norm Kalbfleisch MD & Schmidt MD, 2006).” Lastly, the authors end the thesis with identifying two circumstances that the person that has or hasn’t been identified as LGBT needs to address when associated with a physician. In reference to Tim Murphy’s 2016 article HIV Mystery: Solved? He provides the reader with the premise that there is a breakthrough for people that have been diagnosed with the HIV/AIDS virus. This article gears subject matter toward the most “at risk” individuals, which are the LGBT community. According to the research the most affected LGBT ethnic group is African American gay men and how they are five times more likely to contract HIV than any other ethnic group. Also,
The authors divided this source into different sectors into several portions that touch different aspects of the thesis, which ranges from “social-cultural history taking” to “Medical record documenting”. The authors also go into great detail in regard age, demographic, ethnicity and other factors associated with sexual identity and medical treatment. The authors also implement other factors such as criminal records that consist of mental health, domestic violence, and sexual assault of the LGBT patient. This source also mentions topics that LGBT try to avoid such as sexually transmitted diseases, immunization and cancer. According to the source, “a patient’s risk of STD infection such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis A or B virus, HIV, syphilis, human papillomavirus, or herpes simplex virus varies dramatically, depending upon the number of partners, safer sex practices including barrier protection, and specific sexual practices. Asymptomatic patient screening for STDs in the emergency care setting is not routine (Norm Kalbfleisch MD & Schmidt MD, 2006).” Lastly, the authors end the thesis with identifying two circumstances that the person that has or hasn’t been identified as LGBT needs to address when associated with a physician. In reference to Tim Murphy’s 2016 article HIV Mystery: Solved? He provides the reader with the premise that there is a breakthrough for people that have been diagnosed with the HIV/AIDS virus. This article gears subject matter toward the most “at risk” individuals, which are the LGBT community. According to the research the most affected LGBT ethnic group is African American gay men and how they are five times more likely to contract HIV than any other ethnic group. Also,