Prominent Medical Practitioners Who Identify as LGBTQ

Australia

• Bob Brown
• Lilian Violet Cooper
• Kerryn Phelps

Cameroon

• Steave Nemande

Canada

• Evan Adams
• Peter Jepson-Young
• Sue Johanson
• Carys Massarella

Germany

• Ernst Burchard
• Karin Buttner-Janz
• Charlotte Wolff

Great Britain

• Laurence Michael Dillon
• Henry Havelock Ellis
• Sir Ewan Forbes - Semphill
• Christian Jessen
• Sophia Jex-Blake
• Louisa Martindale
• Billy Nichols
• Florence Nightingale

Ireland

• James Miranda Barry
• Kathleen Lynn
• Leo Varadkar

Nigeria

• Ifeanyi Orazulike

Portugal

• Asdrubal Antonio d'Aguiar

Scotland

• Margaret Todd

Uganda

• Paul Semugoma

United States

• Donald Abrams
• Rebecca Allison
• Dr. S. Josephine Baker
• Howard Brown
• Margarethe Cammermeyer
• Charlie Suzi Chapler
• Valerie Fein-Zachary
• Stephen Goldstone
• Mike Gotlieb
• Alan L. Hart
• Matt Heinz
• Uzodinma Iweala
• Peter O'Donnell
• Louise Pearce
• Hector Vargas
• Tom Waddell
• C. Dale Young

See Also

• LGBTQ Psychiatrists and Psychotherapists
• LGBTQ Individuals in the Fields of Sociology and Anthropology

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.glma.org/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22029561
• https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/02/many-lgbt-medical-students-choose-to-stay-in-the-closet.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lgbt-healthcare-lists-idUSKBN0NC2HE20150421
• http://www.physicianspractice.com/healthcare-careers/changing-times-lgbt-physicians

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