Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 10:31:48 -0400 (EDT)
Submitted by: Julie Fisher <JFISHER@msgateway.wichitaks.NCR.COM>


PLEASE READ THIS AND PASS THIS ALONG:

        At the recent AAFP convention (American Academy of Family
Physicians), the Academy sponsored a meeting on gays and Lesbians in (and
receiving) health care.  It was well-attended (mostly by g&L's) and, from
that meeting, it was suggested that the Academy provide sensitivity
training to their members (literally tens of thousands of physicians who
are the front-line folks when anyone in the U.S. goes for medical care).
In addition, the Academy voted to support non-discrimination of gays and
Lesbians in Family Practice and by Family Practitioners.  The AMA recently
enacted a similiar policy, but this is the first group of specialists to do
so.
        Please write to the Academy congratulating them on enacting a
non-discrimination policy and encouraging them to indeed provide
sensitivity training for Family Physician members.  In other words,
encourage their positive steps.
        Pertinent info.:

        President:      William H. Coleman, M.D., Ph.D.
        Board Chair:    Douglas E. Henley, M.D.

        Address:        The American Academy of Family Physicians
                        8880 Ward Parkway
                        Kansas City, Missouri  64114-2797

        WATS:           800/274-2237
        FAX:            816/822-0580
        Prodigy:        PXAU25A
        CompuServe:     74144,1573