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Towards Equity in Service Provision for Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Repressive Contexts
In this month's Editorial Chris Beyrer and colleagues reflect on an underappreciated trend in multiple African, Asian, and Caribbean settings, where the provision of HIV and other essential health services for sexual and gender minorities are expanding despite challenging legal and social environments.
The authors argue that while the legal, human rights, and LGBT advocacy communities work to advance structural reforms, such as overturning sodomy statutes, community-based clinical and service providers have vital roles to play in the realization of more immediate rights and benefits—including the right to dignity, safety, and equitable access to services in health care settings.
Image Credit: Vinayak Das, Flickr
Citation: (2016) PLoS Medicine Issue Image | Vol. 13(10) October 2016. PLoS Med 13(10): ev13.i10. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pmed.v13.i10
Published: October 28, 2016
Copyright: © 2016 Vinayak Das, Flickr. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
In this month's Editorial Chris Beyrer and colleagues reflect on an underappreciated trend in multiple African, Asian, and Caribbean settings, where the provision of HIV and other essential health services for sexual and gender minorities are expanding despite challenging legal and social environments.
The authors argue that while the legal, human rights, and LGBT advocacy communities work to advance structural reforms, such as overturning sodomy statutes, community-based clinical and service providers have vital roles to play in the realization of more immediate rights and benefits—including the right to dignity, safety, and equitable access to services in health care settings.
Image Credit: Vinayak Das, Flickr