Opinion: LGBTQ citizens are being told they don’t matter

Column by Carey Candrian, an associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine: “The fear of rejection and mistreatment is valid: according to the American Heart Association, 56% of LGBTQ adults in 2021 experienced discrimination from a healthcare professional. Seventy percent of trans or gender non-conforming adults did so.”