Peterkin is a psychiatrist and Risdon a family physician (an unfortunate term alienating to many gays and lesbians). They are part of a welcome movement that is dismantling this myth and recognising that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, like members of other persecuted groups, may require special consideration in redressing the health consequences of social disadvantage.
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