Rose L
Foundation for AIDS Counselling, Treatment and Support, London.
BMJ. 1994 Feb 26;308(6928):586-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.308.6928.586.
Homophobia creates stress for gay men and women. An interview study of 28 doctors, 20 gay and eight non-gay, was performed to assess whether homophobia is strong among the medical profession, the stress it causes, and whether the advent of AIDS and HIV infection has increased the stress. The doctors, recruited by word of mouth and by a letter in the medical and gay press, were asked about their own attitudes to homosexuality and AIDS. Only one (non-gay) doctor thought that there was no prejudice against gay doctors in the medical profession. The gay doctors certainly perceived prejudice, which they claimed caused them extra stress; the advent of AIDS had increased this stress to an extent. Doctors who had not openly declared themselves to be gay feared doing so because of the effect on their job prospects, but those who had declared themselves openly reported less stress than previously. Homophobia clearly exists within the medical profession. Non-gay doctors should use the power of the profession to challenge homophobia in the profession and in society. HIV infection could then be treated as a purely medical condition; sufferers would receive wider understanding and the pressures of extra workload could be more equally shared.
恐同症给男同性恋者和女同性恋者带来压力。对28名医生进行了一项访谈研究，其中20名是同性恋者，8名是非同性恋者，以评估恐同症在医学界是否严重、它所造成的压力，以及艾滋病和艾滋病毒感染的出现是否增加了这种压力。这些医生是通过口碑以及在医学和同性恋媒体上刊登的一封信招募而来的，他们被问及自己对同性恋和艾滋病的态度。只有一名（非同性恋）医生认为医学界对同性恋医生没有偏见。同性恋医生确实察觉到了偏见，他们称这种偏见给他们带来了额外的压力；艾滋病的出现使这种压力有所增加。那些没有公开表明自己是同性恋的医生由于担心这会影响他们的职业前景而不敢这样做，但那些已经公开表明自己身份的医生报告说压力比以前小了。恐同症在医学界显然是存在的。非同性恋医生应该利用职业的力量来挑战医学界和社会中的恐同症。这样一来，艾滋病毒感染就可以被视为一种纯粹的医疗状况；患者将得到更广泛的理解，额外工作量带来的压力也可以得到更公平的分担。
