Chennai: Generating Queerphobia among medical professionals due to lack of knowledge and sensitivity about the LGBTQA + community, Madras High Court has highlighted the need to change medical courses and update them.
In his recent report, Dr.
Trinetra Haldar Gunnaraju said how even ‘competency-based undergraduate curriculum for Indian medical graduates’ in 2018 was below expectations, and said: “Now, for undergraduate students studying forensic medicine in MBBS They, their medical curriculum describes “sodomy”, “lesbianism” and oral sex as sexual violations, and “transvestism” (cross-dressing “(sexual deviations” Back as legitimate in all doctor education that might continue to become a psychiatrist or any doctor who might be approached by someone from the community.
“Just as important as advocates or judges to take the client’s case or to decide on this case, because the case may be without personally judging they, it’s the same or even more important for a professional from medical da N Brotherhood Mental health professionals do not judge and free from moral or personal prejudices about their patient’s identity or clients on their gender spectrum or sexuality, “said Justice Anand Venkatesh.
When it was informed that a psychiatrist had prescribed the Russel capsules of two drugs and fluoxet capsules for a gay man and referred him to a psychotherapist for cognitive behavior 10 for M2M behavior, Judge Anand Venkatesh said: “This sample case clearly shows ignorance from the doctor who even Do not realize that there is no “medicine” for gender identity.
This is a way and method adopted by professionals with the guise of conversion therapy.
Prescribing anti-depression drugs and erectile dysfunction to someone and refers them into cognitive behavioral therapy as “drugs” for Their gender identity and sexuality are nothing but “therapy”, disguised as medical and mental health support.
“The Judge then said the lack of knowledge about the psychiatrist was directly caused by the course experienced by him and who had not been changed and was raised until now.
Justice Anand Venkates also gave a portion of his thoughts to the police and the media, and said: “Reportage of the most intimate and personal aspects of individual identity by contemporary vernacular media is very problematic and it does not only reflect the existing existing stigmatization of the community, but also perpetuating it.”
Queerphobia even among the doctors worrying about Madras HC
