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Working to include LGBTQ students in health education

Reminiscing on my high school and middle school career, I recognize how fortunate I was to have at least some exposure to a health-related curriculum, albeit one that emphasized an abstinence-only doctrine alongside marginal mention of male and female anatomy. In all honesty, this curriculum was neither thorough, extensive, nor receptive to feedback and questions […]

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When “Picking and Choosing Your Battles” Feels Like Surrender

  My medical school’s first year curriculum dedicates a single hour-long small-group discussion to explore how one should conduct a medical interview with LGBTQ individuals. While many of my classmates had good experiences, I did not. I will spare you the details, but the worst of it was being told by my small-group leader (let’s […]

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The Importance of Voice & Interning at NCAAN

      Since the start of this semester, I have been interning at the North Carolina AIDS Action Network (NCAAN). Thanks to an Elton John AIDS Foundation internship secured by Point Foundation, I can assist NCAAN without a cost to this nonprofit organization. After accepting my sexuality as a gay man, one of my […]

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Family Ties – caring across the generations

Recently, I took my grandmother out to lunch. It was a beautiful day, and there was a restaurant less than half of a mile away from her assisted living facility in Northern Virginia. She may be 84 and have Alzheimer’s disease, but she still has a vibrant personality and is in great physical shape. I […]

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Home is Peachy Keen

Though born in the far northern realm of Maine, I was an early transplant to the South. My family settled in Georgia when I was four years old, and my entire education has taken place here: kindergarten through high school, then on to college, and now medical school. I received a fantastic education, though not […]

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The Trans Buddy Program Is Transforming Healthcare

We waited in the thick summer air, just outside the emergency room entrance. The parking garage was mostly empty, no one passed by, and the only sound was the rhythmic sliding of the automatic doors at our backs.  Others may have been scared by the emptiness of the night; to us, standing outside of the […]

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Cary Crall Launches Sexual Health Symposium

I was frustrated by the serious health consequences suffered by several of my friends due to misinformation. In conjunction with my Community Service Project, required of all Point Scholars, I launched the Utah County Sexual Health Symposium, held in Provo, UT. My friend Caitlin Jolley and I decided to take it upon ourselves to address […]

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