Health committee  Yes. If you just look at new HIV infections, the people who most commonly infect other people with HIV are the people who don't know they have HIV. Generally, somebody who's really well engaged in health care, let's say a gay guy, gets checked regularly. Now there are online reso

Health committee  Of course, women behave better....

Health committee  No, I'm kidding. That's—

Health committee  Definitely we see that racially, among visible minorities. In Vancouver we definitely see that among people of the non-Caucasian race who are bisexual.

Health committee  There's a cultural component to this one.

Health committee  I would reiterate what I said before. I think basically at every level of any kind of health care professional, there needs to be some baseline training on being sensitive to the LGBTQ community and their interactions with them. Of course, you're going to get more specialized he

Health committee  Is it still whether this government or society that led change?

Health committee  At the grassroots level, it's probably led by society. I'm not being political here. I don't know any of your political affiliations. I remember Jean Chrétien said that a minority right is not a majority vote. I think that's the way politicians can also make a big difference. H

Health committee  Once again, this is from Vancouver and our local health authority. Moving away from mental health disease, which is a thing on its own that needs resources, to moving to mental health wellness, which really is where you want to have the folks be before they move over to that, we

Health committee  I work in downtown Vancouver, so it's easy, right? The physical location is easy and I alluded to that. In any case, in health care, we're on the cusp of a big technological revolution. It's going to happen in the next 10 years. It's slowly happening now, but I predict we're go

Health committee  As I stated at the start, I'm a gay married man, so yes, we've come a long way.

Health committee  I don't know if you agree with me, but it's my personal opinion that in sexuality there is more fluidity than in gender identity, although there could be some fluidity, but I agree with what the previous speaker said. None of my trans patients have ever come back and said it's b

Health committee  I'm not aware, but I've never come across that.

Health committee  I think it's a double-edged sword. Yes. A lot of gay people defer coming out because they want to have education and they want to advance their lives and not be in fear of being—

Health committee  —rejected by family or cut off financially. I think the longer people are not themselves can also lead to more mental health issues in the long run. The longer you are not who you're supposed to be and the longer you suppress yourself, the more other psychological issues come up