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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to give you another perspective, I am a woman married to a man, but I have no ovaries and used donor eggs for all my pregnancies. I routinely need to remind OBs and other doctors that I can’t randomly get pregnant, don’t need birth control, have children who don’t share my genes, and clarify a myriad of other questions that don’t apply to me. I even have to remind my regular OB of this and I’ve had three children with her. What you are experiencing might have nothing to do with being LGBT and more to do with the fact that doctors have a series of standard questions they ask. I just clarify or ignore the ones that don’t apply to me. [/quote]

MD/MPH here.  Minority sexual health is a huge issue that communities must deal with as there is institutional homophobia, racism, religious or cultural issues present and that can lead to poor, insufficient, and incorrect medical care and treatment.  Gay/lesbian/transgender people experience huge barriers to care, so OP has ever right to find a doctor that has experience to provide proper care.

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I don’t think anyone said OP shouldn’t ask the question. She could have done so without naming the doctor she saw, who did nothing wrong, but doesn’t happen to specialize in this area. [/quote]
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