Cure my illness, not my gayness.The last thing Jamie Beiler expected when visiting a Kissimmee, Fla., physician's assistant physician's assistant: see physician assistant. for a bronchitis checkup was an attack on her sexual identity. But that's exactly what the 36-year-old lesbian got when she was handed religious literature urging her to undergo reparative re·par·a·tive also re·par·a·to·ry adj. 1. Tending to repair. 2. Relating to or of the nature of reparations. therapy to "cure" her homosexuality. "I felt like I had been violated," Beiler said of the incident. Beiler filed a complaint with the Florida Division of Medical Quality Assurance on January 27 against physician's assistant Dawn Pope-Wright and supervising physician supervising physician Medical practice A licensed physician in good standing who, pursuant to state regulations, engages in direct supervision of physician assistants whose duties are encompassed by the supervising physician's scope of practice John Hartman. "Lesbians and gay men should be able to obtain medical care without being subjected to unethical and harmful attacks on their sexual orientation," said Karen Doering, senior counsel for the National Center for Lesbian Rights The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a non-profit, public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels, advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBT community, provides free legal assistance to LGBT , which along with Southern Legal Counsel is representing Beiler. |
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