Crystal Beal, MD is a practicing family physician who self identifies as queer.  Dr. Beal helps explain many of the terms, norms, and realities that affect the LGBTQQIAAP2S community in the context of healthcare.

Dr. Beal shares stories of how healthcare service providers can often fail queer patients, and what changes to healthcare could make it more inclusive.  Dr. Beal also offers tips on how members of the queer community can find doctors and why she isn’t a fan of online ratings.

And what exactly does the acronym LGBTQQIAAP2S stand for?  Dr. Ferguson also looks up the term “gender unicorn” and if you would like to learn more about the gender spectrum, maybe you should look it up too!   (Gender Unicorn: https://www.transstudent.org/gender/ )

Dr. Beal owns and operates QueerDoc.com, which provides queer and gender focused healthcare online.  QueerDoc is an online doctor’s office for queer and gender affirming care for queer, trans, and gender diverse people run by a queer, non-binary doctor.

For more information, Dr. Beal may be contacted through:
queerdoc.com
Facebook/Instagram: @queerdoc
Twitter: @DocQueer

Thank you for listening!